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Readers recommend comeback songs: The results

4945 days ago
Guardian MusicComebacks are ten-a-penny these days, and not always guaranteed to be entirely dignified affairs – but some have been the bearers of genuinely exciting new musicThe comeback ain't what it used to be. A phrase first coined in the jazz age, used by F... more info

AfroCubism: AfroCubism – review

4980 days ago
Guardian Music(World Circuit)AfroCubism are a supergroup with a history that would make any publicist drool, and an album that almost does justice to their considerable talents. Fourteen years ago, the Malian guitarist Djelimady Tounkara and n'goni player Basseko... more info

Afrocubism: Afrocubism | CD review

4985 days ago
Guardian Music(World Circuit)This summit meeting between the grandees of Cuban and Malian music was originally intended as part of the Buena Vista Social Club, an acknowledgment of the huge influence of Latin music on West Africa. Much delayed, the project proves ... more info

AfroCubism: Buena Vista take two

4987 days ago
Guardian MusicFourteen years after missing out on Cuba's great collaboration, eccentric supergroup AfroCubism finally get it togetherAs stories of musicians' ill fortune go, it ranks not far from Leonard Cohen having to tour because his business manager stole $5m ... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Buena Vista Musicians Unite for Afrocubism

5010 days ago
All About JazzTHE ORIGINAL BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB CONCEPT FINALLY COMES TO FRUITION In 1996, a group of Mali's best-known musicians were due to fly into Havana for a collaboration with some of Cuba's singers and instrumentalists. However, the Malians never arriv... more info

10 Things We Learnt At Standon Calling

5039 days ago
NME - FestivalsChampagne, CSI and an underwater disco - here are the 10 things we learnt at Standon Calling... The Magic Numbers should have gone sock wrestling. We caught up with Magic Numbers backstage and asked them whether they've got more demanding when requ... more info

The oldest swingers: the Jolly Boys

5055 days ago
Guardian MusicNamed by Errol Flynn in the 1950s, the Jolly Boys were once the toast of Jamaica. Now, after nearly five decades playing second fiddle to reggae, the band are enjoying a remarkable revival. Will the Jolly Boys finally have the last laugh?A barbarousl... more info

This week's festival news

5056 days ago
Guardian MusicMartha Reeves, the Damned, Lightning Seeds and Rox (pictured) are confirmed for the 10th Croydon Summer Festival (31 Jul-1 Aug, Lloyd Park, croydonsummerfestival.org), with Jassi Sidhu, TAZ and Raghu Dixit among the attractions of the Sunday's Mela â... more info

Buena Vista Social Club - Visa Delays Prompt Cancellation Of Buena Vista Social Club Gig

5085 days ago
ContactMusicCuban band BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB were forced to cancel a concert in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday (24Jun10) after failing to secure U.S. work visas in time.The group... more info

Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club to miss U.S. show

5085 days ago
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - The first of three U.S. concerts scheduled by Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club has been canceled because of a delay in getting U.S. visas, their U.S. lawyer said on Thursday. more info

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