Kid Creole and the Coconuts | World music review

Barbican, LondonAugust Darnell must be delighted, if bemused, by the continuing success of his cool, conceited and sexist alter-ego, Kid Creole. After all, the Kid is a product of Darnell's upbringing in the Bronx, where he listened to salsa, funk, reggae and pop – yet it was thanks to a run of hit singles in the UK in the early 80s that he achieved international stardom.Darnell is now based in Sweden, but tonight he was back in the UK, headlining the opening night of the La Linea Latin f...

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