Reviews
Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head)
Becoming leader of Egypt 80, his legendary father Fela’s band, at the tender age of 14, Seun Kuti has always...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
No Love in Lagos
Show Dem Camp, The Cavemen, Nsikak David
Two of Lagos’ most talented duos, The Cavemen and Show Dem Camp, speak to the dating scene in the nation’s...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Hunter Folk Vol 1: Tribute to Toumani Koné
Mali’s Nfaly Diakité is a virtuoso of the donso ngoni, an eight-stringed antelope skin harp favoured by the donsow, the...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Te-Kwaro Alango-Ekuku
It wasn’t until Nyege Nyege Tapes shared the fruits of their deep dive into the radio recordings of Langi griot...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Reprise on 2nd Avenue
Having made a name for himself in the hip-hop trio Johnny Cradle, this latest release shows Qü venturing forward as...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Dead of Night
The renowned master of Moroccan Gnawa music, Mahmoud Guinia, died in 2015; this album by his son Houssam serves as...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Chidzorogodo
With an infectiously relaxed lyrical approach carried along by pulsing, laid-back rhythms and a vocal style that owes a debt...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
reEncanto
Andrade’s last record, Manga (2019), was a deep dive into the contemporary African pop music scene. reEncanto, a live acoustic...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Fisherman
If you were a music fan in Nairobi back in the 70s, you would almost certainly have spent time at...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola
Scene-leading club DJ Kampire prides herself on connecting the dots between contemporary and old-school African club music, spotlighting female artists...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
