Reviews
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Eze-Nri Royal Drummers Vol 1
This is a live recording of an investiture ceremony of an Eze-Nri king. The Nri kingdom of the Igbo people...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Aynaabe
The traditional bowed violin of the Senegalese Peul shepherds is called nianiorou or riti. Former shepherd Issa Sow is perhaps...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Mam Yinne Wa
Algote Oho & His Sounds of Joy
Algote Oho is a Frafra gospel singer who cut his musical teeth performing in churches and festivals all over Ghana,...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Antoinette Konan
This 1986 recording predates the coupé-décalé phenomenon and launched a career that saw Antoinette Konan become a popular public figure...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Les Bateaux
Malian guitarist and singer Mamadou Kelly is a graduate of the bands of both Ali Farka Touré and Afel Bocoum,...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Mizu
It's with an illustrious career behind him – on screen, stage and airwaves – that Code Sangala now offers us...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
The Silver Messengers
When one hears of Cape Verdean roots music mingled with jazz it is hard not to shudder with trepidation. The...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu (1972-1991)
Imagine Somalia without suicide bombers and the murderous, al-Qaeda-linked militants of al-Shabaab. Picture instead Mogadishu as a part city in...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Waa Dardaaran
Sahra Halgan is a powerful and entertaining singer for whom life has never been easy. For a start, she comes...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
