|
...
They were followed by a duet between Joe Fonda and the guzheng player Xu Fengxia. (The guzheng is a zither-like Chinese instrument, quite similar in appearance to the koto Miya Masaoka played the day before.) I wasn't sure what to expect from this unlikely pairing – feathery exoticism? austere improv? – but their music turned out to be hard-hitting, grooving stuff. Xu Fengxia rocked hard, and sang with soulful authority. Along with the São Paulo Underground this was the festival's most successful example of cross-cultural dialogue, a concert that was entertaining but also at times deeply moving.
...
Read the full festival review
Reprinted with permission. Copyright © 2006 Paris Transatlantic Magazine and Nate Dorward.
|
Concert Reviews