Articles by Nilan Perera

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  Fred Van Hove

  Journey

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  Few things are more daunting to today’s listeners than vast stretches of solo instrumental music and on the face of it, two piano pieces co...

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  Seun Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80

  Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON July 2

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2008

  Fela Kuti’s brand of activist groove throwdowns were an inspiration for musicians and those with a sense of the oppression in the world for...

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  Etran Finatawa

  Desert Crossroads

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2008

  Etran Finatawa (the Stars of Tradition) are another in a line of bands whose sound has swept out of the deserts of West Africa. The music...

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  Albert Collins

  Live at Montreaux 1992

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2008

  Have you ever wondered what the attraction was that people had to the blues? I mean, come on, it’s just some retro boomer bong hit that you...

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  The Kronos Quartet / Wu Man, Terry Riley

  The Cusp of Magic

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2008

  Terry Riley’s history in composition weaves its way from his foundation in minimalism through improvised work with synth and sax, flirting...

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  Aleuchatistas

  The Same and The Other

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2008

  Where to begin? Captain Beefheart meets Yes at a dance where the Locust opens for Fred Frith and Fantômas? This latest release of the Aleuc...

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  Anthony Braxton

  Release: 12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2008

  Anthony Braxton’s research into the possibilities of lineage present an audio snapshot of jazz music as a continuous arc that has had its r...

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  Mahavishnu Orchestra

  Live at Montreaux

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2007

  The Mahavishnu Orchestra, at their inception, were the first mutation of Miles Davis’s electric experiments brought to stadium rock level b...