Reviews
Senegal 70
This trip back in time – some 40 years – is all courtesy of Analog Africa's crate-digger extraordinaire, Samy Ben...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Isle of Magic
Who are Mop Mop? It appears they are a multi-instrumental Italian seven-piece who have a passion for African diaspora music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
Freedom
They may not have the legendary status and history of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, but Soweto Gospel Choir are one of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Musical Anthology of the Aka Pygmies
In #114 we reviewed an Ocora CD of Aka Pygmy music that focused on their instrumental accompaniment. This latest album...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Al Qantara
Majid Bekkas is a Moroccan multi-instrumentalist who has previously explored the meeting points between Maghrebi Gnawa music and the blues....
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2014
Antipody
When is a duo not a duo? When it sounds like a chorus. Okay, as a joke it perhaps doesn’t...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/February/2022
In the Kingdom of Dub
Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77
Having paid his producer's dues from acid jazz groups through to Gregory Isaacs and the Sugarhill Gang, Mike Pelanconi's alter-ego...
Reviewed by Michael Brown in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Zithers
Andrew Cronshaw's presence as a player, writer and critic has been a significant part of the folk and world music...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Jellyman's Daughter
By something of a coincidence, Edinburgh duo The Jellyman's Daughter close their debut album with a rather unnervingly intimate version...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2015
