Reviews
Kagabas
Just when you weren’t waiting for a steaming chiva bus up to the mountains of the Colombian coast, along come...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2021
The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
The music of Afghanistan is something of a cause célèbre for Simon Broughton and here he presents his personal selection...
Reviewed by John Baily in issue: October/2010
Diasporas
Ibrahim Maalouf’s family fled the civil war in Lebanon in the early 1980s to settle in the suburbs of Paris....
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Apr/May/2011
Manghoua Foura
The Wassoulou region of southern Mali has an incredible record for producing great female singers. They were celebrated with Sterns’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
Mounqaliba
Natacha Atlas’ last album Ana Hina [reviewed in #52] was an extremely well judged step away from the Middle Eastern...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2010
Amanké Dionti
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze
In the 60s everyone from Yehudi Menuhin to the Beatles wanted the sound of the Indian sitar on their records....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Innocent Left
Following on from their 2008 debut, Shadow and Half Light, and 2010’s Up From The Deep, the duo’s third album...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Maisha Ni Matamu
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga
Although originating from the Congo in Central Africa, the singer Samba Mapangala is better known amongst Swahili-speaking East African fans...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2011
Dear Sister
The 59-year-old singer, songwriter, session vocalist and bandleader Claire Lynch recently signed with Compass Records after a long 18 years...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Rappel á I’Ordre
The African reggae market is well stocked with artists such as Tiken Jah Fakoly and Alpha Blondy, who regularly draw...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2010
