Reviews
Eclairer le Monde (Light the World)
It starts with a furious flurry of percussion, and then in comes that voice, as commanding, passionate and distinctive as...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Kiniata
Kinshasa is surely one of the world’s most exciting musical cities, and Kin’Gongolo Kiniata are the latest proponents of that...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne 1974–1983
Best known as the lead singer of salsa legends Africando between 1996 and his death in 2004, Gnonnas Pedro was...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Ekoya
After three albums of uncompromising Congolese street funk, Jupiter Bokondji and his band have essayed something a little different on...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Fintou
Recorded with analog equipment in the OTODI studio in Lomé, Vaudou Game’s fifth album takes Togolese sounds to new and...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Making Moves
Although it’s only five years after their debut album, this slow coach follow-up still makes the Santrofi eight-piece sound like...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
The Original Sound of Mali 2
Malian musicians have faced a rough time in recent years, thanks to political upheaval and security problems, so here’s a...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Kaira
Toumani Diabaté | Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
This was the album that created an icon. The late Toumani Diabaté released his debut Kaira in 1988 and it...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
A.O.E.I.U (An Ordinary Exercise in Unity)
Florence Adooni is a singer born to the Frafra people of northeast Ghana. She grew up performing in church choirs...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Baarakelaw
Samba Touré may have started out playing alongside his mentor, the legendary Ali Farka Touré, but has gone on to...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
