Ravi, The Afro-Brazilian Project: Travels with the African Kora in Brazil.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)

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RAVI, The Afro-Brazilian Project: Travels with the African Kora in Brazil, (ARC Music 1837). At first glance, combining Malian kora with Brazilian music seems a bit of a ... well ... high concept. But mononymic British kora player Ravi has pulled off the unlikely with ...

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