Gibraltar Drakus - Hommage A ZanzibarNo shortage of colorful characters emerged from Cameroon's bikutsi scene in the 1980's and early 90's. Gibraltar Drakus is one of the most enduring and enigmatic of the artists who helped transform bikutsi into a beautifully endless fabric of triplet rhythms that eventually reached ears around the world. Following the advent of Cameroon Radio Television in 1987, bikutsi began to supplant makossa and soukous for domination of the local airwaves and the

Petr Ostrouchov and the singer Lenka Dusilová as guest

Johnny Copeland

For the past few years Reinoud Van Mechelen too has begun to train himself in the traditional Irish song with Karan Casey and other singers who have specialized in the unaccompanied Sean-nós

her sensitivity

But he was a poet and a colorist too

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This set comprises the performances which were subsequently released on the Blue Note label

that own the stage and the audience

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with elements borrowed from lo-fi calypso

Tomoya has distanced himself from his abusive father and seems on a path of self-destruction

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