Perhaps the most amazing thing is that no one came up with this idea before. A mix of world and rock music, sometimes from the cutting edge, is something of a no-brainer, one with wide appeal. By and large this is a great success, pulling from all over the globe with some fine artists. There are plenty of glorious surprises, like France's les Boukakes, who display wonderful riffage and rai on their cover "Sidi H'bibi" (a song done superbly by the late Mano Negra), while the electric kora ...   [ read more ]

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