Ba Cissoko and their koras, perhaps the most phallic instruments on earth:

Malcolm X look-alike dances to the New Birth Brass Band:

Trombonist Glen David Andrews and trumpeter Kenny Terry, aka “the most disgusting man on earth”:

The Lee Boys and their sacred steel sound:

Bible-toting dancer receives the spirit through the music of the Lee Boys:

— John Nova Lomax

This article appears in Apr 19-25, 2007.

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