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Delgres: Mo Jodi

Read "Mo Jodi" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


The France-based trio Delgres have successfully created one of the year's strongest all round albums. Sung mostly in Creole, the project's heartfelt social statements come through clearly in global terms nonetheless. The band is named after Louis Delgres, an infantry officer who died in the rebellion after Napoleon's 19th century campaign to reintroduce slavery in the French Caribbean. Typical themes involving romance or infatuation are tightly surveyed with a sweet, amplified dobro twang and covered with rugged grace ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Mo Jodi

Pias Recordings
2018

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