Reviews

Cancún

Calle Sur

Despite this being a 20th-anniversary album you can be forgiven for not knowing much about the band Calle Sur –...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021

Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine

Moishe’s Bagal

Fans of this brilliant six-man band have been expecting this disc and it's been well worth the wait. Glen Baxter's...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Akory

Razia

This is the second album from Razia Said, a singer-songwriter and highly proactive environmentalist who hails from Antalaha in the...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2015

Takula

Takula

Takula is the eponymous debut of a five-piece from Malawi and Norway, comprising singer-guitarists Peter Mawanga, Faith Mussa and Georg...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2019

Mysteries Unfold

Sophie Tassignon

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

Dzen

Adjiri Odametey

There are many projects that aim for a pan-African sound; they usually rely on collaboration between different cultures. Not for...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Stories Sung, Truths Told

Tir Eolas

Recorded in just one week in summer 2014 and produced by Jim Moray, Stories Sung, Truths Told ably shows off...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015

Adama Drame

Adama Dramé

A long-term champion of West Africa’s loudest hand drum, the djembé master Adama Dramé here gets his early 90s solo...

Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Veracruz: Sones y Flores

Duo Coincidencia

Think of a male/female acoustic guitar duo, add Mexico to the equation and you may well come up with Rodrigo...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2021

New Cities

The Kora Band

New Cities is the third album from a collective exploring the possibilities that emerge from adapting source material from the...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2016