The Dakota’s determined march away from a predominantly jazz menu is more easily forgiven when the venue offers up programming like this: A Malagasy “supergroup” comprised of the exacting folk guitar of D’Gary, the clarion, Beko-styled vocals of Monika Njava and the bump of modern improvisation from electric guitarist Joel Rabesolo. The Malagasy hail from the island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Mozambique in southern Africa. The roots music of this trio is beautiful, accessible to western ears, and better suited to the more intimate confines of the Dakota than the Cedar. —Britt Robson
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