Reviews
Yuh Yuh
While the music of Paris-based sensations Haïdouti Orkestar dances along the path forged by their Ottoman ancestors, the band's gait...
Reviewed by Harry Fyjis-Walker in issue: October/2023
Kora World
Best-known for a series of fine albums as a duo with his kora-playing Swedish wife Sousou, on this fine solo...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2023
Ya Mizolé
Having set out their stall with an acclaimed self-titled 2020 debut, feminist collective Les Mamans du Congo (Mothers of the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2023
The Sky is the Same Colour Everywhere
Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté
In recent years the kora has proven to be remarkably adaptable in duetting with non-African instruments. On The Sky is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023
Catching Ghosts
Peter Brötzmann, Majid Bekkas & Hamid Drake
Peter Brötzmann is a graduate of the 1960s free jazz movement, who plays saxophone clarinet and the Eastern European tárogató....
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2023
A Curious Compendium of Crooked Irish Tunes Vol 1
It’s safe to say that Dr Dave Flynn is something of an iconoclast. The composer and guitarist behind the Irish...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2023
Aguajes de Mar y Manglar
Taking inspiration from the mystic waters of the Naya, Yurumanguí and Achincayá rivers, Aguajes de Mar y Manglar (Marshes and...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: November/2023
Dama Bëgga Ñibi (I Want to Go Home)
In the spring of 2020, Bakane Seck, the Senegalese percussionist and founder of Dakar’s Jeri Jeri Band, found himself stranded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Tears of the Sun
The sophomore album from rising Nigerian star Teni is an Afrobeats-tastic affair in which the artist sings and raps in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
