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Review of Roots of OK Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-56

Roots of OK Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-56

OK Jazz

Crammed Discs CRAW 67

Rating: ★★★★

This is a reissue of a collection originally released in 1993 as part of the excellent ‘Zaire Classics’ series. Since...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Sing For Me

Sing For Me

Cherif Mbaw

World Village WVF479050

Rating: ★

From Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, the musical heartland of the country, Cherif Mbaw’s second international release brings little of his musical...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Afro-Beat Airways

Afro-Beat Airways

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa AACD 088

Rating: ★★★★

For this eighth release on his excellent Analog Africa imprint, Samy Ben Redjeb gets stuck in to Dick Essilfie-Bondzie’s Essiebons...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Thul’ubheke

Thul’ubheke

Soul Brothers

Gallo GMP41031

Rating: ★★★

What can you say about a new Soul Brothers record? Over umpteen albums and more than 40 years, the two...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of The World Ends: Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria

The World Ends: Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soundway SNDW23

Rating: ★★★★

Is there no end to this stuff? The World Ends is the third album of vintage Nigerian sounds released on...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of The Rough Guide To Desert Blues

The Rough Guide To Desert Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network RGNET1238

Rating: ★★★★

It used to be something of a closed shop. For years and years, when it came to the sandblasted desert...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of South Africa’s Skylark

South Africa’s Skylark

Miriam Makeba

Nascente NSCD018

Rating: ★★★★

Of the many Makeba compilations on the market, this 45-track set may just be the most comprehensive of them all....

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Who Say I Tire

Who Say I Tire

Segun Bucknor

Vampisoul VAMPI CD 123

Rating: ★★★

As a Nigerian musician, composer and bandleader who reached his peak in the early 70s, Segun Bucknor has inevitably been...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Tsara Madagasikara

Tsara Madagasikara

Samy Izy

Top of the World

Network 495132

Rating: ★★★★★

Here is the long awaited return of one of Madagascar's most loved musicians, valiha (bamboo zither) master and multi-instrumentalist Samoela...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Awal Mara

Awal Mara

Hassan Erraji

World Village 450007

Rating: ★★★

Having made his first instrument as a boy from a tin can and old bicycle brake cables, the blind Moroccan...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

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