Articles by Chris Wodskou

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  Da Lata

  Songs from the Tin

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  Word of Bebel Gilberto’s brilliant bossa daiquiri of an album, Tanto Tempo, has spread so quickly that one can only conclude that cer...

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  Zuco 103

  Outro Lado

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  Zuco 103 also goes down easily with the rest of the bossa summer, but it strays further from the songwriting figures of Antonio Carlos Jobi...

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  Susana Baca

  Eco de Sombras (Echo of Shadows)

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  Cesaria Evora was belatedly discovered outside strictly world music circles last year, and Peruvian diva Susana Baca seems poised to turn t...

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  Johnny Blas

  King Conga

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  The real young lion action these days is in Afro Cuban jazz, and Johnny Blas and Snowboy are roaring as loud as any of them. King Conga is...

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  Snowboy and the Latin Section

  Play Afro Cuban Jazz

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  Conga kingpin Blas, himself, keeps more or less to the background over most of the album, but Snowboy, another hotshot percussionist, takes...

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  Septeto Habanero

  Orgullo do los Soneros

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  Septeto Habanero are equally traditional, but more geared toward the concert halls and night-clubs of pre-revolutionary Cuba. While still e...

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  Luis Frank y su Tradicional Habana

  Viva Cuba

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  The phenomenal success of Buena Vista Social Club and their offshoots means that there is far more Cuban music in the shops than ever befor...

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  Kronos Quartet

  Caravan

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  Too rarely have the Kronos Quartet been taken for what they are: usually reliable, often eccentric and occasionally brilliant interpreters...