Reviews
Millions of Us
Ten tracks into Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness’ (BCUC) Millions of Us, there's a message from Jovi Nkosi to producer Sam...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
O Yinne!
Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy
Lively church music based on Ghanaian highlife traditions with a modern electric slant. Guitars, two keyboards and a horn section...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Madíbá
It was always going to be a tough ask to follow up on Blick Bassy's seminal 2019 album 1958 (A...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Djilly Kawral
A highly-respected singer from the Fulani community of Mali, but little known outside of her own country and its diaspora,...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Digital Indigenous 04: MP4MP3
In 2020, Polish label 1000Hz launched Digital Indigenous, a series showcasing producers who use rudimentary digital tools to create unique...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
London Ko
Fatoumata Diawara has always been the fresh voice of Malian music, pushing the boundaries of what a contemporary African music...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
African Rhapsodies
Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita has been on a mission to expand the sound of the instrument, having already been...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Igbo Amaka
Okwy Osadebe & Highlife Soundmakers International
Highlife music is most closely associated with Ghana, but the genre's roots extend across West Africa and beyond. Okwy Osadebe...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
