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Nab David Byrne & St. Vincent tickets soon; Orchestre Poly-Rythmo at the Cedar
At the Cedar, you can dance (you will dance) to Orchestre Poly-Rythmo. Hailing from Benin, a tiny nation on Africa’s west coast (between Togo and Nigeria), Orchestre Poly-Rythmo formed in the late 1960s, issued hundreds of recordings, took a 20-plus-year break, and returned with “Cotonou Club,” named a New York Times Best Album of 2011. Here’s a taste of the album. Afrobeat, funk, soukous, brass, drums, vocals: this will be good with a capital G-O. Standing show. FMI and tickets.
07/10/12 >> go there