Reviews
Music in Exile
First heard via various Africa Express projects in the West, including the album Maison des Jeunes, the four-piece Songhoy Blues...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
Tributo Desde Londres a Cali
After a smash-hit album with Salsa with Vibraphone, Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Café are back. The music here is pleasant,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Ignite
There must be 45 minutes worth of music on Ignite, but it lasts less than half an hour, such is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2016
Imaginarium
As the daughter of one of the Assad Brothers, a world-beating Brazilian classical guitar duo, it's perhaps no surprise that...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Migrant Birds
Hasan and Rami Nakhleh are two brothers who live in a village in the Golan Heights, the plateau that was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2020
Hitsville Re-Visited
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu
The cavalcade of 1970s and 80s African album reissues shows no signs of slowing. This one, originally released in 1982,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2019
Poetic Trance
Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa
Aziz Sahmaoui, Moroccan co-founder of the legendary Orchestre National de Barbès, is back for a third album with his group...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2019
Gog Magog
After four years, The Trials of Cato are back with a second album that’s even better than their award-winning debut....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/February/2023
Ballads & Blasphemy: The Religious Gospel of Adebola Kuku
Nigerian singer-songwriter Kuku has an interesting heritage. Born Adebola Kuku in the US and raised in Lagos, he now resides...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
Coro del Mundo
The first bar of ‘Dance to the Revolution’, which opens this album, is among the most surprising you're likely to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
