Reviews
Best of Lura
Proof that the Cape Verde renaissance has come of age, this anthology confirms Lura as her own generation’s elder stateswoman,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2011
Éthiopiques 27: Centennial of the First Ethiopian Music Recordings
The latest volume in the É t h i o p i q u e s series presents a conundrum...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2011
Toubab Soul
As this solid debut testifies, Alma Afrobeat Ensemble is one of the tighter collectives in the genre. Fela Kuti’s template...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
Burma: Classical Theatre Music
With so few CDs of Burmese traditional music actually available in the West, this is an important and exciting release....
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: March/2011
Flowers in the Desert
As fans of world music, we rejoice when Western rock stars, whether it's Damon Albarn, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
The Voice of Lightness Vol 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993
The second two-disc volume of the definitive career overview of Tabu Ley Rochereau picks up the Congo’s greatest vocalist at...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2011
Sahel Folk
Sidi Touré’s first album, Hoga, appeared 14 years ago on Stern’s and it is an indication of how the global...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Turlku 4: New Music from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands
An outback project developed in Australia’s Western Desert, (a sparsely populated region with hundreds of kilometres between remote Aboriginal communities),...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
The Complete Works of Fela Anikulapo Kuti
It’s never been easy to make a sensible suggestion when asked to nominate the best starting point to the music...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Belo Belo
Eténèsh Wassié & Mathieu Sourisseau
Yet again, the resources and insight of Francis Falceto have helped create a sturdy musical bridge between Africa and the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2011
