By Richard Gehr, eMusic ContributorWhen 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… more »
By Andy Beta, eMusic ContributorIn 1998, when baritone saxophonist Martin Perna assembled a clutch of musicians to play at a poetry night staged in a Harlem pub under the name of "Conjunto Antibalas," expectations were fairly low. The group… more »
By Sam Adams, eMusic ContributorHis face almost obscured by a sprawling voodoo headdress, Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, looks burdened with his well-worn medicine man persona on the cover of his 29th studio album. But though the… more »