Original and outlandish Jazz vocalist Lauren Newton, a champion of extended vocal techniques, on Lauren Newton: Filigree. hatOLOGY 519 (1998)
The music, by Bernice Johnson Reagon, of an “Afro-American” musical created and directed by Robert Wilson, “The Temptation of Saint Anthony”. Musically, it’s mixture of all kind of Afro-American popular styles, gospel, Negro Spiritual, R&B, funk, blues, and even a touch of Indian Raga somewhere.
Les Tambours du Bronx on FNAC Music 592048 (1992) – “boom boom boom”
Guitares gitanes (Gipsy Guitars) by “Los Hermanos Malagueños” (e.g. “the brothers from Málaga”), Antonio and Marino Cano, on Harmonia Mundi HMP 390925 (1994).
Spoken word, theatre
Racine’s Phèdre by Compagnie Marie Bell, recorded in 1965. Review in French. See also my blog post from 25 September 2017.