Melingo and Yasmin Levy - review

Barbican, LondonThe opening night of this year's La Linea Latin music festival was an unlikely blend of theatricality and experiment that combined a young Israeli singer, who mixes flamenco with songs in the endangered Ladino language, and a tango exponent who specialises in stories of Buenos Aires low-life.Yasmin Levy would have sounded even more impressive had she been more relaxed, while the wildly original Melingo could have been even braver. Beginning with a jaunty but mournful tango melody...

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