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40 Year Old Bitches, New MilesTones & Others, Too
by Chris M. Slawecki
AntibalasWho is This America? Ropeadope Records2010 Few American bands have been more influential in the global Afrobeat movement than the Brooklyn collective Antibalas. Keeper of the African protest flame ignited by Nigerian musician/activist Fela Kuti in the 1970s, Antibalas' reach is expansive and impressive: it contributed to the ...
53rd Monterey Jazz Festival: A Distinctive New Orleans Flavor
by Larry Taylor
To summarize the high spots of the 2010 Monterey Jazz Festival would certainly take more than one lead paragraph. From Sept. 17 through 19 at the Monterey, California, Fairgrounds, there was a pervasive New Orleans spirit in the air and the music. This was emphasized by the appearances of Trombone Shorty on Saturday afternoon, and Harry ...
The Sonic Acrobatics of Jienat: A First in World Music
Tundra Songs and Musical Saws beyond the Arctic Circle: Norway's Jienat Has You Surrounded with Arctic Echoes “We could be banging on mammoth skulls and logs millennia ago," modestly exclaims Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer Andreas Fliflet behind Jienat. “The feeling would be the same." Yet if Jienat got their hands on them, bone and wood ...
Soulful Samba Transcendence: Brazilian Star in the US
If Pedro Moraes had a muse, she'd shake up sweaty samba bars, hips swaying, and turn heads dancing in the street, snaking her way from Rio's bohemian quarter to Bahia and Recife (and on to Mexico City and Liverpool). She'd boogie between the earthy and the erudite, with heady tropicalismo and brainy modernism. She'd embody the ...
Angelique Kidjo: Daughter of Independence
By Angelique Kidjo Like a true revolutionary, I was born on Bastille Day (July 14), 1960, in Dahomey, which was then a part of the French Empire in West Africa. A few days later, on August 1st, 50 years ago this month, my country was declared independent: I was French for just 18 days! It is ...
Antibalas 'Who Is This America?' Reissued by Ropeadope
Antibalas is set to have their modern day afrobeat classic, Who Is This America?, reissued by Ropeadope on August 17. While it's common for influential recordings to receive reissue treatment decades later or around specific anniversaries, Ropeadope has made the decision to bring back the Brooklyn-based collective's 2004 album just six years from its initial release ...
Africa Rising: Angelique Kidjo at Town Hall NYC
by David Miller
Angelique KidjoTown HallNew York, New YorkMarch 26, 2010Angelique Kidjo's album Oyo (Razor & Tie, 2010) includes guest vocal appearances from the likes of John Legend and Dianne Reeves. At Town Hall, without the services of Legend or Reeves, Kidjo sung the entirety of Curtis Mayfield's “Move On Up" and Aretha Franklin's ...
Lionel Loueke: Mwaliko
by Ryan Lippell
Lionel Loueke: Mwaliko Blue Note 2010 An album of duo and trio recordings, Mwaliko is the kind of world-infused smorgasbord that only guitarist Lionel Loueke could cook up--it contains hard swing, makossa, balladry, Beninese folk and a jazz standard. Hailing from Benin in West Africa, Loueke boasts a curriculum vitae ...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Preservation
by Wade Luquet
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program Preservation Hall 2010 What do you get when you cross America's best traditional jazz band with 20 emerging or legendary musical artists? You get a terrific collection of highly listenable traditional jazz ...
Anglique Kidjo Brings African Experiences to Her Craft
Benin-born pop diva makes her Disney Hall debut on Sunday night. The term clanked off Anglique Kidjo's ear when she first heard it. “African American." How could someone be American and African at the same time, she wondered? “You think I'm stupid because I'm a little girl?" Kidjo asked the person who'd used the expression. She ...
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