Reviews
Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Dance Music in the Digital Age 1983-1996 (Vol Two)
By the 1980s Ghana's once vibrant highlife scene was in decline along with the country's economy, and many of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023
Grande Coisa
The title of the Swedish label’s latest Brazilian release translates as Big Deal! This self-effacing singer-songwriter has waited till age...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
Lodèr la vi
Since 2012, the group Saodaj from La Réunion has been following its own path, becoming one of the most emblematic...
Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: February/March/2026
Addis Through the Looking Glass
Given that Dub Colossus's debut, A Town Called Addis, was one of the best albums of 2008 and that this...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2011
Antologia, Vol 1
When it comes to vintage dance music from the tiny Atlantic African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, it would...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2022
Songs by Geirr Tveitt
This music is fragile, meditative and delicate, with soundscapes leading us into secret, intimate places. The names on the album...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Sins We Made
The second outing from Canadian duo Harrow Fair – Miranda Mulholland (from Great Lake Swimmers) and Andrew Penner (musician and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Soweto
Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles
Robson Banda started his career as a member of Thomas Mapfumo’s first group Acid Band. In Zimbabwe the chimurenga music...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: January/February/2022
