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Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe's chants and throat singing in his new album, Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It's just one of the many ways he makes alchemy ...

Feb. 9—KINGSTON — They started with a little dance, included a stirring student version of the South African hymn "Siyahamba," talked about the Black influence on American music, and passionately ...

On his second album, Selaocoe plays many of his own compositions, some of them rooted in African tradition, others drawing from the baroque repertoire that he’s felt drawn to since he was a child.