(Ukraine) Who's the guy in the knit cap and Gandalf coat? We can make arch comments on the costume, but the brilliance of this Crimean Tatar's guitar playing does approach wizardry! In this performance from the 2006 Mamakabo festival in Tomsk, Ismailov riffs on Indian vocalese, funk slapping, Balkan time signatures, and his own distinctive style of tapping. Not enough? - he's got some loops too. He may not be a household word, but we think he should be.
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