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Darondo and Nino Moschella perform live from SXSW

by Mary Lucia, Darondo and Nino Moschella

March 14, 2008

Darondo and Nino Moschella
Darondo and Nino Moschella
Minnesota Public Radio / Ali Lozoff

Here's the short story: being compared to Al Green, he recorded three soul singles in the early 1970s, disappeared for 25 years until BBC Radio 1 host Gilles Peterson brought Darondo, also known as Double D or Dynamite D, out of hiding in 2005 on his "Gilles Peterson Digs America" compilation. That's also the long story.

Nino Moschella
Nino Moschella
Photo courtesy Ubiquity Records

Most of those 25 years remain a mystery. He visits our stage at SXSW with Nino Moschella, a 29-year-old soulful, multi-instrumentalist.

Songs performed: "Bedroom," "How I Got Over," and " Legs, Pt. 1."

Darondo
Darondo
Photo courtesy the artist