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AfroCubism a magical night of musical exchange that hints at future greatness

AfroCubism a magical night of musical exchange that hints at future greatness

Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 2 Dec 2010

15 Dec 2010

All power to the Usher Hall as chosen venue for one of only two UK gigs played by supergroup AfroCubism. True, the snow meant rerouting them via Glasgow, yet that only fired up what Eliades Ochoa, Cuba’s ‘king of country music’ called the night’s ‘calor…

AfroCubism latest project from makers of Buena Vista Social Club

AfroCubism latest project from makers of Buena Vista Social Club

Musicians from Mali and Cuba record album and play live dates

19 Nov 2010

AfroCubism was for several years one of world music’s great what-ifs? In 1996, Nick Gold of World Circuit Records invited the Malian musicians Djelimady Tounkara and Bassekou Kouyate to Havana to record with the cowboy-hatted Cuban singer and guitarist…

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Celtic Connections - Béla Fleck

8 Jan 2009

What’s in a name? In the case of Celtic Connections, not much, or at least, nothing too literal. Anyone who insisted on the strict application of the name would have found themselves left well behind almost from the launch of the festival back in 1994.

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