Various Artists: London's Calling – review

(Culture Clash)This celebration of the capital for the Cultural Olympiad presents a slew of local acts with multiculti versions of classic songs; an Ethiopian translation of Lily Allen's LDN, say, and a flamenco take on Elvis Costello's Chelsea. The Clash's London Calling proves beyond the grasp of Transglobal Underground's world fusion, but among the successes are Brixton's Soothsayers morphing Ralph McTell's Streets of London into a reggae lament and Lokkhi Terra's Indo-psych take on the Small...

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