This week's new live music

Cheikh Lô, London & ManchesterIn the same way that old rock'n'rollers have turned to a back-to-basics approach, you can see how it's appealed to artists globally. Cheikh Lô, a charismatic Senegalese artist, has made some highly polished records since his 1996 debut, but with his new one, Jamm, he has turned back towards early influences, and also pared his instrumentation back. Lô is a great singer (if apparently a terrible guitarist), and Jamm has some fine sampling of styles from Africa and...

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