Reviews
2015–2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years Of Sonic Explorations
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Les Disques Bongo Joe has grown out of its Geneva record store home, prolifically devoted to the clankily retro-electronic side...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2025
Docteur Nico Presents African Fiesta Sukisa 1966–1974
Docteur Nico & African Fiesta Sukisa
Congolese guitarist, composer and singer Dr. Nicolas Kasanda wa Mikalayi, aka Dr. Nico, reigned supreme during the 60s and 70s...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
Racines
Zal Sissokho & Laurent Perrault Jolicoeur
Straight ahead jazz and Mande music coalesce with glorious results on Racines, a collaboration between Canadian double-bassist Laurent Perrault-Jolicoeur and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
Nagtaba
Kandy Guira is an Ivory Coast-born singer and dancer from Burkina Faso, an erstwhile member of the supergroup Les Amazones...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2021
Inner World
One can imagine Bono’s wrap-around shades turning green with envy when he heard that the New Zealand duo Junelle and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Peoplewatching
I’ve got a lot of time for Socalled, Montréal rapper and producer. His early work with Sophie Solomon and his...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
We Famous
Having had his career derailed by civil war and Ebola, the blind Sierra Leonean musician Sorie Kondi was reduced to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2021
Rumba con Flores
Eliane Correa & En el Aire Project
This young, classically trained pianist, composer and arranger shares her time between London, Barcelona and Havana, and her creative energies...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2016
Mysteries Unfold
Take a deep breath before playing Tassignon’s solo debut Mysteries Unfold, the waters run deep ahead. After several decades working...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2020
