Reviews
Kasbatek
‘Gnawa funk’, a blend of sounds from ‘the Orient, from the Maghreb, chaabi melodies and Gnawa rhythms’ is the proclamation...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: April/2024
Móntate en el Viaje
Wrapped in tacky artwork that recalls 80s über-novelty hit ‘Agadoo’, Móntate en el Viaje is the brainchild of Medellin’s Mauricio...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2013
Number One Bus
Dressed in griot-chic and wielding his gimbri like a Fender Stratocaster, Nuru Kane comes on like a trans-Saharan cross between...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Kin Sonic
There's a lot of laughter in this second album by the Congo's Jupiter & Okwess. Dramatic, over-the-top ‘mwa-ha-ha's from the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2017
Lamentations
Papua New Guinea-born singer Ngaiire Joseph (pronounced ‘Ny-rie’) is a little lady with a great big voice. She moved to...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Talé
Baaba Maal did it with 2009's Television. Amadou & Mariam followed last year with Folila. Now Salif Keita has joined...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
Djekpa La You
An exceptional live performer and a brilliant songwriter, it’s not hard to see why Ivorian Dobet Gnahoré was chosen to...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Live
This CD and DVD package is quite brilliant, although not altogether new. I remember, when the DVD of the 2004...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Beginner’s Guide to Africa
These kind of compilations, which seek to present what the box describes as ‘the best of African music, past, present...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
