It’s a rare and bewildering thrill to encounter something as organically bizarre and entirely transportive as Koradan’s newest album, "Around the World...Music". The Italian duo Alex Baccari and Marzia Di Cicco are dedicated acoustic alchemists. They build the very tools they play. Through their patented centerpiece, the "Koritas," they have physically fused materials harvested from five different continents into a single resonating chamber. You...

Only a few examples of cinematographic achievement have been able to accomplish such feat as weaving innovation with emotional depth in a manner as smooth as in Father and Daughter ( Dame Zina). The duo is back with a new single, "Eau" (French for "Water") that is catchy and emotional. They integrate their personal feelings and experiences with life more subtly but still engagingly, adding...