Katie Presley
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Tagaq, an Inuk throat singer, marries modern pop with deeply-vested tradition to gobsmacking effect. The songs on her new album, Retribution, encompass terror, rage, ecstasy and bone-leeching sadness.
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Dreams and nightmares coexist in beautiful and haunting ways in this Icelandic singer's latest video.
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Every defiant growl, jaded vocal fry and distorted guitar lick on Annie Clark's fourth album flirts with the avant garde, yet uses an accessible, if inventive, musical vocabulary to do so.
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The power of Kidjo's unflappable voice, the range of her emotional expression, the stellar musicians who back her and the infectious energy that courses through her songs transcend any native tongue.