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September 19, 2012Blogs
August 9, 2012Welcome to Unscrewed, your weekly antidote to wine-related malaise.
Allow me to introduce myself with a list: 10 of my best tips for revitalizing your personal wine program or becoming a better drinker.
1. Be curious. There is no shame in learning, only in pretending to know what you don't.
2. Or ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012Orchestre Poly-Rythmo w/SMOD
Central Park SummerStage
Sunday, July 22
Better than: Air conditioning in a heat wave.
There's a shopping list of fine pop bands from throughout the African continent listed on one page of drumming major John Miller Chernoff's esteemed 1979 ethnographic study African R ... More >>
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July 18, 2012Voice Choices
June 6, 2012Afrocubism play Celebrate Brooklyn!
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April 25, 2012Blogs
February 7, 2012Amadou & Mariam
The Box
Monday, February 6
Better than: Waiting for the official tour.
When it comes to music rooms with a stunning view, it was tough to beat the penthouse at the Cooper Square Hotel (now André Balazs's unfortunately named The Standard East Village) last summer, when Annie Ohayon ... More >>
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January 4, 2012A dozen artists on three stages
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December 21, 2011Blogs
September 28, 2011Antoine Pratt
Boubacar Traore w/Zongo Junction
The Bell House
Tuesday, September 27
Better than: Eric Clapton's probably inevitable African blues record.
Sly Stone offers one possible method for dealing with celebrity: get famous, sell your royalties and squander your money, drop out of sig ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011Oumou Sangare
Celebrate Brooklyn! At Prospect Park Bandshell
Friday, July 29
Better than: A night in the tropics.
The threat of rain was palpable to just about everyone who turned up in Prospect Park to hear Malian star Oumou Sangare on Friday. "Despite what the forecasters say, it's just a ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011Quoc Pham
"Acoustic Africa" featuring Haibib Koite, Oliver Mtikudzi and Afel Boucoum
BB King Blues Club
Wednesday, April 6
Better than: Buying a plane ticket to Mali.
Western listeners (that's us, if you were wondering) often need comparisons to dig deeper into "world music." If that's w ... More >>
Music
November 3, 2010A Mali-Cuba connection, 14 years in the making, is finally forged
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October 27, 2010Where Buena Vista Social Club began
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February 16, 2010Tinariwen rock it desert-style
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June 24, 2009Voice Choices
May 27, 2009Music
May 13, 2009Damon Albarn lends this "blind couple from Mali" a dash of Britpop
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April 8, 2009Voice Choices
October 22, 2008Toumani Diabaté's kora fusion bridges the gap
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July 2, 2008Is Damon Albarn the new Peter Gabriel?
Dining
May 6, 2008Voice Choices
May 6, 2008Asheville-based quintet whip up a neo-griot frenzy
Music
December 25, 2007New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks
Music
December 25, 2007With all the ballots counted, our decidedly un-macho Jazz Poll finally finds its headline
Film
January 30, 2007Rotterdam report: Film fest hearts 16mm
Film
July 25, 2006Rock and roll as a cause, a cage, and a job
Dining
February 14, 2006An unexpected taste of Vietnam in Harlem's Little West Africa
News
January 24, 2006The U.S. Military's $500 Million Gamble to Prevent the Next Afghanistan
News
January 17, 2006The U.S. Military's $500 Million Gamble to Prevent the Next Afghanistan
Music
September 20, 2005From Senegal to Austin T-X clear evidence of cooperation between or among principals
Music
April 5, 2005Eight inauthenticities hard to resist, even when hard to understand, or impossible to love
Film
November 16, 2004Music
November 2, 2004Rock and roll could never hip hop like this and vice-versa et cetera, part 400something
Music
October 26, 2004Music
November 11, 2003Just because you can spell 'forbearance' correctly doesn't mean you'll get a gold star
News
July 8, 2003NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat
NYC Life
June 17, 2003Music
April 30, 2002Music
April 16, 2002Dance
March 26, 2002Music
July 24, 2001Film
April 17, 2001Music
September 19, 2000Dining
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