There’s a sharp comment in the liner notes of this debut album to the effect that the band Kel Asouf...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
This hypnotic set comes from a village on the outskirts of Juba, the river port on the banks of the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
The title of this album is highly appropriate as nobody – the record label included – seems to be able...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Mamar Kassey is the working group name used by the musician Yacouba Moumouni (nicknamed Denké-Denké). The group is from Niger...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
With reissues of long-deleted Cape Verdean albums being about as rare as Cape Verdean cloud bursts, Astral Music in conjunction...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
In January earlier this year 18 musicians from five countries along the Nile came together in an unprecedented collaboration. This...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Erik Aliana is a singer and percussionist from Cameroon. He lives in the urban environment of Yaoundé and this recording,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Most readers will associate Cape Verde with the languid, melancholic mornas made famous by the great singer Cesaria Evora, or...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Admirers of 70s African music are living in high-cotton times, thanks to admirably dogged labels like Soundway and Analog Africa....
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
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