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Antony and the Johnsons The Crying Light (Rough Trade) With the Mercury winner retaining his bluesy, mournful wail, Antony Hegarty abandons the cabaret atmosphere of his earlier albums in favour of sparse yet pretty, piano laden songs. Kronos Quartet Floodplain (Nonesuch) While the Bush administration was busy demonising foreign cultures, the American new music ensemble Kronos was devising this celebration of Middle Eastern, Balkan and African musical traditions, recast for string quartet to truly joyous effect.
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Responding to the US pop making its way there in the late Sixties, West Africa exploded in a blissful poly r...See the full content of this document
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