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...music is characterized by its traditional drums and a very calm, very even beat. Their songs “Msimu Kwa Msimu” and “Aha!” have been played by radio stations all over Africa, and the group’s album, “Maasai Hip Hop,” was released in 2004 by OutHere records and continues to be one of the top-selling hip hop albums in Tanzania.But X Plastaz’s success has proved to be a double-edged sword.Now, the group faces problems protecting their copyrights. According...
...poisonous if ingested. It naturally follows that the eyes of New York rock trio Calla’s lead singer, Aurelio Valle, look at you from his press photo as if you interrupted his twilight mourn-fest. And so you might guess that Calla’s new album, “Strength In Numbers,” would come across as languidly melancholic, the kind of thing your local high school debate semi-finalist might listen to in order to feel “alternative.” But despite the cheesy poisonous flower name and the fact that...
...fare for a venue with a rockabilly-and-indie-loving DJ. If the bar has a familiar ring to it, that's because, like Pet Sounds Records down the road, Skanegatan 53, tel: (46-8) 702 97 98; www.petsounds.se/web/, it was named after the classic 1966 Beach Boys album. Musicians from far and wide flock to the store, but the most prolific customer? That'd be filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. Says Stefan Jacobson, 53, who owns both places, "The last time he was here he picked up a 1950s country album by Wanda Jackson - recorded in German." SoFo, so good...
...late 1970s. There was quite a bit of grey hair, a few leather jackets, and plenty of love and peace.All were gathered together to take a fresh look at Rickie Lee Jones, a once-prominent singer-songwriter who is making a comeback with the release of her new album, “The Sermon on Exposition Blvd.” Jones first became famous with the release of her self-titled album in 1979, and enjoyed great success in the rock/pop world of the 1980s, eventually winning two Grammies. It was clear on Saturday night that while Jones may have...
...Matt Ward takes a little getting used to. That’s not to say the hustle and bustle of “Post-War,” his most recent full-length, was unwelcome or obtrusive. No, that album manages to sound fresh while staying faithful to its predecessors, as the addition of a full-time backing band has put some meat on the bones of Ward’s previously wispy arrangements. “To Go Home,” the album’s first single and the eponymous highlight of M. Ward?...