Lokkhi Terra
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Co-founded by the classically trained, jazz-minded British Asian pianist Kishon Khan - who has played with Havana Cultura and Hugh Masekela - this good-natured London-based collective are acknowledged as an international force to be reckoned with. This second album fulfils the promise Lokki Terra showed on their well-received debut 'No Visa Required'. Using the diverse Bangladeshi folk song repertoire, they embrace a host of global influences. Afro-beat and Cuban rumba, jazz, funk and ska - Khan and a line-up that includes Cuban percussionist Oreste Noda, trombonist Justin Thurgur (of Bellowhead) and Bengali singers Sohini Alam, Aanon Siddiqua and Aneire Khan (along with the Cuban vocalist Javier Camilo) launch themselves on a musical journey.