Hindi Zahra: Handmade | CD review

(EMI/Blue Note)Hindi Zahra is a contender for newcomer of the year. Brought up in Morocco, but currently based in Paris and London, she's the daughter of a Berber mum and French dad, sings mostly in English and occasionally in Berber, and has been influenced by soul and jazz more than north African styles. Performing in London last year she mixed blues and flamenco influences with a sudden, frantic improvisation that reminded me of Patti Smith, but there's little hint of that in this intimate, g...

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