Reviews
African Soul Revolutionary
Every slick studio release Baaba Maal puts on the market tends to prompt someone to release some unmixed, live or...
Reviewed by Katharina Lobeck Kane in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Lambi Golo
The decade that has lapsed since TourÉ Kunda's 2008 album Santhiaba had led this reviewer to fear that the Senegalese...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Eyes Rest Their Feet
This playful and alluring release from Thaba draws on a diverse array of influences: from the South African popular dance...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2020
Gipsy Dance
The late Macedonian singer Esma Redžepova was celebrated as the ‘Queen of the Gypsies’ and, across a remarkable career, helped...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Wasser und Erde
Akleja are nyckelharpa players Regina Kunkel and Björn Kaidel (who also plays guitar and Irish bouzouki). Wasser und Erde (Water...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
Trumpet King Zeal Onyia Returns
When Louis Armstrong toured West Africa in 1961, he dubbed Onyia ‘the highlife hep cat of Nigerian jazz trumpet.’ One...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2019
Bibirosi
William Takaku & Pidia Kaur Group
Bougainville is an autonomous island region of eastern Papua New Guinea, but geographically, historically and culturally, it’s closely connected to...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Keme Borama
This is the first internationally released recording from griot guitarist Tiecoro Sissoko and sadly it is a posthumous debut, Sissoko...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2014
The Arch
This collaboration, only released recently, may have been the last work of the respected French musician, producer and remix specialist...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013
