Reviews
Melokáane
Born in Senegal but resident in Canada for the past 20 years, percussionist Elage Diouf has toured the world with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
Henry Martin
Some voices just hit you right in the guts. One of those is that of Hannah Martin – the Devon...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2021
Original Album Series
Enrique Morente, who died in 2010, was one of the most important figures in the history of recorded flamenco. Considered...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The Berlin Session
In the 1980s, Dur-Dur Band were one of Somalia's biggest groups, in high demand and performing their uniquely Somali disco...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
Black Cowboys
On his third solo album, one of the founders of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops explores the history of African-American...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Heart's Ease
In 2016, one of the more remarkable musical comebacks came with the release of Lodestar, Shirley Collins’ first recordings for...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Kenya-Congo Connection: From the Archives of Audio Productions, Nairobi, Kenya
There are several compilations of East African recordings that show the strong link between Congolese guitar-band music and bands located...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Nada Ananda
Simon Thacker & the Nava Rasa Ensemble
This disc brings together two composers – one British, one of Indian descent. Both have a taste for the eclectic,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
African Jazz invites OK Jazz
There were two main protagonists in the evolution of Congolese popular music in the 1960s: Joseph Kabasele (alias Grand Kallé),...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
Colors of Brazil
One of Brazil's most unclassifiable bands is back with a major international release. Bringing together Cabruêra's two most recent albums...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2015
