By Richard Gehr, eMusic ContributorSporting fingerless black leather gloves, a sleeveless festival T-shirt, woven armbands, shell necklace, and a full grass skirt, Janka Nabay looked the perfect Afro-Brooklyn expatriate hybrid during his opening set for Syrian dabke star Omar… more »

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas, eMusic ContributorIn the wake of Yeasayer, Fool's Gold and Vampire Weekend, it has become almost a cliché for Brooklyn bands to fold in African influences. But while those bands were generally accessing music such as Ghanaian… more »