Reviews
Harmonizing Soweto: Golden Gospel & Kasi Soul from the new South Africa
Diepkloof and its neighbour, Meadowlands, were created as new zones in Soweto in the late 50s to accommodate those forcibly...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023
Tëd ak Mame Coumba Lamba ak Mame Coumba Mbang
This album acts as a sequel to Ifriqiyya Electrique’s recordings on Glitterbeat (2017-2019), which involved a collab between Putan Club...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2023
Noir Anima
Labelle is Jérémy Labelle, from La Réunion. On this third solo album he’s set out to formulate the fledgling genre...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2023
Rêve du Troubadour
Given his status as the fiddle player and vocalist for the Grammy-winning Los Bayou Ramblers, no one would have blamed...
Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: December/2023
Black Beauty
Originally released on the Soweto label back in 1975, Black Beauty is a classic album of early South African township...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023
Magg Tekki
Assiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff
Assiko Golden Band have been a fixture on the Dakar music scene for the past 20 years, representing the Senegalese...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2023
Madres
The title of this Berlin-based Peruvian artist’s debut album translates as ‘Mothers’. It’s dedicated to both her mother and the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2023
Guajiro Sonero
José Alberto, nicknamed ‘The Nightingale’ to distinguish him from the other José Alberto, ‘The Canary’, is from Bayamo in Eastern...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2023
Valses Para Perros
The Evo Morales era in Bolivia brought with it a re-evaluation of Indigenous cultural values, ranging across languages, architecture, fashion...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2023
