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World Music Features
Carolina Chocolate Drops
When the Carolina Chocolate Drops take the stage, they’re staking out a spot in a lineage that was old when their mothers and fathers were young. Though somewhat dormant for the past several decades, the old-time black string band is on the cusp of a revival, spearheaded by a host of young, determined and historically aware performers like the Chocolate Drops.
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World Music Features
Lionel Loueke
Born in West Africa, Lionel Loueke effortlessly shifts among multiple styles and techniques in his songs, but the consistent hallmark of his playing is a uniquely African sound of sharp and vibrant plucked strings, reminiscent of a thumb piano or a kora.
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Dengue Fever
Critical darlings Dengue Fever, a six-piece L.A. rock band fronted by the honey-tongued Chhom Nimol, mix the flavor of ’60s surf-psychedelia with a revitalized take on Cambodian pop. Celebrating the release of a new album and a documentary about their Cambodian tour, DF are poised to become a breakout success, perhaps refocusing world attention on the Khmer sound.
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World Music Features
The Banjo
Uniquely American and classically maligned, the banjo has seen a serious resurgence in pop, world and jazz circles over the past decade. We assembled a round-table of topnotch musicians—bluesman Otis Taylor, Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, rock-jazz firebrand Bela Flek, and bluegrass champions Tony Trischka and Abigail Washburn—to talk about their instrument of choice.
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