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Interview: Antibalas
By Richard Gehr, eMusic Contributor
When Antibalas performed in Brooklyn's Williamsburg Park recently, trumpeter Jordan McLean dedicated the afrobeat big band's show to the performance-punk trio Pussy Riot (recently sentenced to prison in Russia for "hooliganism") as well as to "another pussy" — namely Igor, a recently deceased feline friend of the band. This mixture of politics and family nicely characterizes Antibalas, by far the best non-Nigerian take to date on the sound forged by composer, singer, multiinstrumentalist, bandleader, and… more »