In 2009, things are very different, and yet, suspended in amber as Thievery Corporation's sensibilities are, Radio Retaliation's collaborations with Femi Kuti, Seu Jorge, and Anoushka Shankar still have the unfortunate effect of conjuring those weirdly uneven power dynamics. Kuti's track ("Vampires") is easily the best thing here, but it doesn't compare, viscerally, to his own recordings. Meanwhile, Jorge and Shankar's contributions feel like they might as well have been recorded 10 years ago for some tokenistic, upmarket, double-disc dinner party compilation called Global Soundz. If you remember those records, and are perhaps embarrassed that they were even tangentially a part of your life, you might have a similar twinge of unease about hearing someone revive the template now. This is all, of course, in no way meant to suggest that Thievery Corporation are doing anything other than what sounds good to them; sometimes, though, tastefulness is its own worst enemy.
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I have been searching for any information about Maria Toledeo for over a decade.Maria Toledo is probably one of the best vocalists this world has ever had. She possessed such a wonderful voice. Paired with Bonfa's guitar, i think their compositions are nothing less than amazing. I listen to Braziliana almost everyday for so many years. I started to learn Portuguese becuase of this music. Sadly Maria just passed away. Yet her legacy will always be here.
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