Mark Hudson
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Report and Interview by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, June 2001
A TOUGH-LOOKING character in a back-to-front baseball cap slaps hard around a semi-circle of conga drums. An older man, small and self-contained, who could easily ...
Profile and Interview by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, March 2002
BEFORE MIRIAM Makeba's first venture outside South Africa in 1959, her mother, a sangoma or traditional medium, was warned by one of her familiar spirits ...
Interview by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 11 September 2003
What makes a protest singer really angry? Well, being labelled a protest singer, for one thing. Folk star Dick Gaughan talks to Mark Hudson ...
Eddie Palmieri: The Man Who Stirred Up Salsa
Interview by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2004
Eddie Palmieri, maverick genius and opening act in next month's Latin music festival at the South Bank, tells Mark Hudson why salsa is more than ...
Youssou N'Dour: A Song and a Prayer
Profile and Interview by Mark Hudson, The Observer, 23 May 2004
As the first superstar of world music, Youssou N'Dour has consistently sought to reconcile Africa and the West, but his most personal record yet is ...
Windsor 1974: The Forgotten Festival – I Was There
Memoir by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 28 June 2004
A world away from today's money-spinning Glastonbury, the Windsor Free Festival of 1974 was illegal, drug-happy and absurdly idealistic, recalls Mark Hudson ...
Femi Kuti, Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti: Fela Kuti: A Difficult Fela To Follow
Report and Interview by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 2 October 2004
As the Barbican celebrates the life and music of Fela Kuti, Mark Hudson travels to Lagos to meet his sons Femi and Seun, bitter rivals ...
Review by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2005
THE SUCCESS OF French dance acts such as Air has depended on a nationality-transcending electro-cool. ...
Retrospective by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 24 November 2005
Mark Hudson reveals the tragic tale of the British Joni Mitchell; Sandy Denny ...
ECM, World Circuit, Topic: Groove Is In Their Hearts
Report by Mark Hudson, The Observer, 13 August 2006
In the corporate world of modern music, some niche labels still thrive through their passion and commitment. As jazz pioneer ECM reaches its 1,000th release ...
How I Took On The New York Dolls
Memoir by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 2 June 2007
As a new exhibition marks the 30th anniversary of punk, Mark Hudson, lead singer in a college band, recalls the once-in-a-lifetime feeling of the summer ...
Sound of the World: Otro Mundo: An Interview with Charlie Gillett
Report and Interview by Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph, 15 July 2009
"WHEN I PLAY a new album," says Charlie Gillett, "I want to be surprised, to be completely captivated by the music – the way we ...
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