Reviews
The Best of Vis-A-Vis in Congo Style
Earlier this year Songlines reviewed the reissue of Obi Agye Me Dofo, a rare 1977 album from the golden age...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2022
Umoyo Wa Muthempire (Live in the Temple)
Tonga Boys feat Doctor Kanuska Group
For those in the Malawian countryside, the Tonga Boys from Mzuzu are a band from the big city and the...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2022
A to Z
This is Atongo Zimba’s first international release after 14 years and he could not have re-entered the musical fray in...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2022
Tolika Mtoliki
A dozen years after forming as a performance art and music ensemble in Johannesburg, The Brother Moves On releases one...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2022
We Famous
Having had his career derailed by civil war and Ebola, the blind Sierra Leonean musician Sorie Kondi was reduced to...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
KWEChE
The nyatiti is an eight-stringed plucked lyre of the Luo people in Kenya. Played in a fast and rhythmic way,...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Aado
According to the old Lovin’ Spoonful song, there’s 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville – a number that is surely dwarfed...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Reconnect
Sonia Aimy sings, in her silky, melodious tones, ‘salaam alaikum.’ Set to gentle, chugging Afrobeat, the traditional Muslim greeting is...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
A Touma
Little more than six months ago, Ballaké Sissoko released Djourou, a kora album of glorious hybridity, rooted in ancient griot...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
