Articles by Jonathan Rothman

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  Amadou & Mariam

  Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON June 4

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2009

  Thirty years after meeting at Bamako, Mali's Institute for the Blind, guitarist Amadou Bagayoko and singer Mariam Doumbia appear at complet...

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  Wet Cookies

  Soul Protection

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2009

  Vienna-based soul jazz cats Wet Cookies return with Soul Protection, a platform for the heavy-hitting vocalists and session players assembl...

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  Delhi 2 Dublin

  Delhi 2 Dublin

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2009

  Combine the Indian drums (tabla, dhol) and sitars of the subcontinent with driving Irish fiddles and toe-tapping Celtic progressions, keep...

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  Beats on Canvas

  Beats on Canvas

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009

  Montreal composers Martin and Dominique Bernard, and Catherine Latendresse derive their album's world, classical and downtempo electronic f...

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  Lal Meri

  Lal Meri

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009

  California trio Lal Meri have recorded an ensemble debut album seemingly poised for worldwide lounge domination. Named after a famous Sufi...

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  Beto Villares

  Beto Villares

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009

  On his debut solo album, in-demand Brazilian producer Beto Villares — fans of Grammy-nominated CéU, who appears on two tracks...

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  Amadou and Mariam

  Welcome to Mali

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  The funkiest blind, married, French-speaking Afro-pop couple around, Amadou and Mariam return after 2005's Manu Chao-produced Dimanche &agr...

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  Soul Jazz Orchestra

  Manifesto

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  Ottawa's Afro-beat stalwarts return with a full-length collection of mostly medium tempo, simmering grooves that might not induce casual li...