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Review of African Metropolitan Music

African Metropolitan Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

musicforarchitecture

Rating: ★★★★

Over the past decade, the celebrated architect David Adjaye has visited every African country, photographing the architecture of a full...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2012

Review of Mystic Dance

Mystic Dance

Amira Kheir

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★★

The third album from the London-based Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir is a tour de force that builds and expands on...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018

Review of Sanikoya

Sanikoya

Debademba

Dankama

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third studio album from Malian griot singer Mohamed Diaby (son of Ivorian griotte Coumba Kouyaté) and acoustic...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Dois

Dois

Batida

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

Pedro Coquenão's musical vision began as a radio show tracing his Angolan roots from his adopted home of Portugal. Creative...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Moçambique

Moçambique

Celso Paco & Dynamo de Luxe

Eko in Gotheburg

Rating: ★★★

Born in Maputo 52 years ago but now resident in Sweden, Celso Paco released his excellent debut album Dugongo in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018

Review of Siparia to Soweto

Siparia to Soweto

Hugh Masekela & Siparia Deltones

Top of the World

Gallo/Monk Music

Rating: ★★★★

Hugh Masekela first heard the Trinidadian steel pan orchestra the Siparia Deltones when they were opening act at the inaugural...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Attic Mornings

Attic Mornings

Claudia Schwab

Claudia Schwab

Rating: ★★★

Her second full-length release, following 2014's crowd-funded Amber Sands, finds the Austrian-born, Sligo-based violinist and vocalist joined by Swedish percussionist...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017

Review of Anba Tonèl

Anba Tonèl

Bellegarde

Bellegarde

Rating: ★★★

The Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde is devoted to old-time Caribbean ballroom music, in which Africa met Europe in the Creole...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2018

Review of Archwilio’r Traddodiad: Exploring the Tradition

Archwilio’r Traddodiad: Exploring the Tradition

Aidan Thorne & Jason Ball

Cambrian Records

Rating: ★★★★

This debut from bassist Aidan Thorne and guitarist Jason Ball was recorded live at Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown on...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2025

Review of Chico & Rita

Chico & Rita

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Calle 54 Records

Rating: ★★★★

The animated feature film Chico & Rita was released last year to rave reviews. Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

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