Kimi Djabate - DindinHailing from the country of Guinea Bissau, gifted guitarist, percussionist and balafn (African xylophone) player Kimi Djabat is one of Africa's most exceptional talents. Now based in Lisbon, Djabat has collaborated with Mory Kant, Waldemar Bastos and Netos de Gumb, and, most recently, the pop star Madonna on her single "Ciao Bella." On Djabat's exceptional new album Dindin, the multitalented musician carries on the customs of his griot heritage,

At the center is Dena Miller's assured guitar fingerpicking and boldly clear voice

Twice he set texts by Brecht to music

This unique recording emphasizes that legacy with the premiere of four new works by contemporary composers all commissioned by the Genesis Foundation and all inspired by the works from the Eton Choirbook alongside which they sit

the like of which has not been heard before around here

'Music of the Night'

This is a half-hour piece as ambitious and surprising as any of the mature quartets by his great predecessors in the medium

She returned a decade later

Cold Showers fits comfortably within the dusty catalog of Factory Records

such as Mednter (14)

featuring some of opera's finest artists including Luca Salsi

and another off-the-wall novelty "Don't Go Near The Eskimos" in his TV guise of Ben Colder

developing the funky reggae sound that was his trademark