Featuring Helen McDonald and the London Bridge Ensemble
Bonington Theatre in Nottingham, UK on November 1, 2007
It's not every day that you hear the ragus, a Lithuanian folk instrument made from birch bark, particularly in the context of a song in the Nigerian Yoruba language. However, Helen McDonald and the London Bridge Ensemble combine such diverse elements into an organic whole, a fine example of how jazz can incorporate music from all over the world.
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