Reviews
West to West
If you had to sum up Nii Okai Tagoe in the reductionist shorthand pigeonholing that the modern world demands, ‘Ghanaian...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
This is Kologo Power!
Music from Bolgatanga, the capital of Ghana's Sahelian north-east region, is hugely different from the more accessible highlife generally made...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Musical Anthology of the Aka Pygmies
In #114 we reviewed an Ocora CD of Aka Pygmy music that focused on their instrumental accompaniment. This latest album...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed
The titular mystery in this mouthful of a title refers to a Baltimore cargo ship that was en route to...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Le Bal de l’Afrique Enchantée
All the ingredients are there to make this album a joyous romp through African classics that have shaped generations of...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Kanamalu
Welcome to a new music label, bravely launching with a brace of albums by Portuguese-based artists, including this fine outing....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
We be All Africans
Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids
African-American jazz musicians were undoubtedly the pioneers of what's become known as world music. In the 1950s, Dizzy Gillespie's music...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Wanga
Throes + The Shine's fiery electronic reconfigurations of kuduro – the popular Angolan dance music of the 1980s – are...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Ave Africa
The 1970s were the time for dance bands in East Africa, but Sunburst certainly weren’t ten-a-penny. They gained a reputation...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
