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Concert Pick/Preview
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StarTribune, Concert Pick/Preview >>
The biggest act to come out of the tiny West African nation of Benin before Angelique Kidjo, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo has been together more than 40 years. Their voodoo funk sound offers expansive jamming with lots of drums, a hot horn section, rippling guitar, a bed of soulful organ and hearty call-and-response vocals. The group's early recordings, which often featured intense scream-singing a la James Brown, have been unearthed and reissued to great acclaim by the German label, Analog Africa. After a 25-year recording hiatus, the current incarnation of the ensemble still sizzles and excites, as evidenced on "Cotonou Club," which made the New York Times' best albums of 2011 list. (7:30 p.m. Tue. Cedar Cultural Center, $30-$35.) 07/05/12 >> go there
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