Who needs self-righteous bullshit artists?
'I do not know if you are aware of this, Pl, but in Gaelic Bono means "self-righteous bullshit artist"...is there anything more lame then white guys ripping off black musicians,poorly? Yes, multi-millionaires telling me I need to give money for starving kids.I remember when musicians had a conscience. It seems an eternity ago...' That pithy comment, which was added to my recent post about U2's Glastonbury Festival gig , leads to the CD seen above, which is one of several I brought back from my recent trip to France . Aziz Sahmaoui grew up in Marrakech , Morocco where he absorbed a range of musical influences including the healing sounds of the Gnawa masters . After studying literature he moved to France in the late 1980s and became one of the founders of the very successful Orchestre National de Barbès which combines North African rhythms with jazz and fusion. In 2005 he played on Joe Zawinul's live double album 'Vienna Nights' and went on to becom