Boheme De Cristal
Lo'Jo are perhaps the ideal reflection of modern France.  Multicultural, quirky, and artistic, they bring together strands of  chanson, North African rhythms and harmonies, and the primal sounds of  West Africa into a tasty bouillabaisse. Singer-songwriter Denis Pean  has the gritty voice and louche charisma ofSerge Gainsbourg,  but he's only part of the magic that makes up Lo'Jo. Richard Bourreau  sizzles on the violin, bringing a wild Gypsy style to the proceedings,  while Algerian sisters Yamina and Nadia Nid El Mourid fill out the  sound with percussion and vocals that conjure up desert nights. The  music becomes more than the sum of its parts, with a life of its own,  from the pulse of "Brule La Meche" to the epic "Senor Calice," recorded  in Mali, which adds some marvelously wonky brass work from Benin's  Gangbe Brass Band for a firmer grip between continents. The simple  truth is there's no one quite like Lo'Jo. They're the musical shamans  of one world.--Chris Nickson