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Rufus Cappadocia: Songs for Cello
by Greg Camphire
Canadian-bred, New York-based cellist and composer Rufus Cappadocia is a world music traveler, having studied and performed in a variety of traditions--from American blues, folk and jazz to Spanish flamenco, Haitian voodoo drumming and various styles from the Balkans, the Middle East and India. Citing saxophonist John Coltrane and guitarists Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King as formative influences, and playing a self-designed, five-string electric instrument, Cappadocia whips up a hypnotic blend of sounds with Songs For Cello, his debut solo ...
read moreTopaz: The Zone
by Phil DiPietro
The folks over at Velour Records have obviously got some big ears. Their first signatories, Soulive, blew up last year in a big way, a way that I would not be surprised to see their drum'n'bass funkifized labelmates, Kudu actually eclipse very soon. Now come Topaz, whose most recent release, “The Zone" is actually their third for the Brooklyn-based indie label, but will hopefully serve as the unit's introduction to a larger fan base. Topaz have been lumped in with ...
read moreKudu: Kudu
by Phil DiPietro
Kudu is a supremely talented outfit that, believe me, is not long destined for the intimate venues where they presently can be so heartily enjoyed. Sylvia Gordon (very young, no integers assigned to females) is a powerful, sultry songstress that recalls some our current-day bohemiam R and B soulqueens, while, quite thankfully, lacking their their thinness in the higher registers. Deantoni Parks, at 23, stands ready to take his place in the top handful of contemporary drummers in the world. ...
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