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The return of Cote d'Ivoire's vivacious and dynamic singer (and dancer) Dobet Gnahoré, with a new album Djekpa La You, and thousands of new fans in the wake of her Grammy Award (Best Urban/Alternative performance) for her contribution to India. Arie's song Pearls.

" … you would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then [Haas] opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clakmannan [Scotland] winter."
— Boston Globe Read more »