Havana Cultura Live | World music review

Barbican, LondonIt's a familiar challenge: how do you turn a multi-artist concept album into a coherent live event? Too many individuals and it becomes too bitty; too few and it can lose the grand idea that made it work in the first place.In the case of Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura, the concept was to feature the new sound of Cuba. At the heart of the project is musical director and virtuoso pianist Roberto Fonseca. The double album, which comprises a new studio disc coupled with a 16...

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