AfroCubism: Buena Vista take two

Fourteen 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 of his savings. In 1996, the Malians Bassekou Kouyate and Djelimady Tounkara were invited by World Circuit Records' Nick Gold to Havana to record with a handful of Cuban singers and musicians. Depending who you talk to, lost passports, visa issues or...

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