Chilly Gonzales – review

Barbican, London"Harmony's French, but the melancholy melody's so Slavic," raps Chilly Gonzales, words tumbling out in a Canadian-accented torrent. "Whether I rap fast or slow, the rap flow's polysyllabic." He removes his hands from the piano keyboard to tug at the collar of his bathrobe, and smiles. The black satin robe – his customary stage costume, along with slippers – isn't the only thing that distinguishes Gonzales from other rapper/pianists: there's also the fact that he's spitting th...

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