Reviews
Bulimundo/Djam Brancu Dja
Most readers will associate Cape Verde with the languid, melancholic mornas made famous by the great singer Cesaria Evora, or...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
The Black Orchid String Band
The tragedy of West Papua and its peoples’ hopes for eventual independence is an ongoing daily struggle for the native...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018
Till Skogen
Climate change, pandemics, wars… there’s an urgent need to raise people’s spirits, so the joy and optimism of Kolonien’s Till...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: June/2022
Quiet Revolutions
Quiet Revolutions is album number two from the UK-based Zambian singer-songwriter Namvula, following 2014's Shiwezwa. She demonstrates a strong voice...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Entoto Band
Entoto Band are a Netherlands-based group directed by guitarist Joep Pelt and fronted by Ethiopian singer Helen Mengestu and Eritrean...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
A Message from Mozambique
Fifty years ago, change was brewing. The outrage piqued by US-backed war and civil war in Africa, by racism, injustice...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2023
Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
This collection of live recordings starts with Mahlathini telling an enthusiastic audience, “we’re going to give you the real Soweto...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2023
¡Así es… Con salsa
Alfredo Gutierrez y Los Caporales del Magdalena
One of the things that puts non-addicts off salsa is the repetition, the predictability, the trance-inducing level tone. For dancers,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2023
Parranda La Cruz
Based in Lyon, Parranda La Cruz are a vocal and percussion quartet founded by the two female voices, Venezuelan expatriate...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
Passages and Partings
For their first offering as a married duo, Verch & Walters have assembled a garland of gorgeous tunes which showcase...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023
