Singer ASHLEY MAHER (her surname, pronounced the real Irish way, rhymes with “star”) is an original. Against all odds, she has created and safeguarded the kind of personal style that seems to elude so many musical artists – including many of the best in the world – when they take liberties across genre boundaries, or explore musical traditions into which they have not been born. Anything but facile, Maher’s music approaches the gold standard set by the likes of Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, or Youssou N’Dour for an engagement with “world music” at once challenging...

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