Reviews
Cape Verdean Blues
Award-winning vocalist Kavita Shah presents a homage to the legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, as well as an expression...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Spirits
It’s easy to overlook Togo, wedged between Ghana, Benin and Nigeria. Musically that places its capital, Lomé, right in the...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
The Father of Libyan Reggae
Often artists may be hailed as originators of a certain musical style when actually, it’s a matter of taste and/or...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
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Pioneer Works Swing (Live)
Hailu Mergia | Hailu Mergia & The Walias
Not only did the Éthiopiques series make available a treasure of little known music from the golden age of Ethiopian...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Harmonizing Soweto: Golden Gospel & Kasi Soul from the new South Africa
Diepkloof and its neighbour, Meadowlands, were created as new zones in Soweto in the late 50s to accommodate those forcibly...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Tëd ak Mame Coumba Lamba ak Mame Coumba Mbang
This album acts as a sequel to Ifriqiyya Electrique’s recordings on Glitterbeat (2017-2019), which involved a collab between Putan Club...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Noir Anima
Labelle is Jérémy Labelle, from La Réunion. On this third solo album he’s set out to formulate the fledgling genre...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Black Beauty
Originally released on the Soweto label back in 1975, Black Beauty is a classic album of early South African township...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Magg Tekki
Assiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff
Assiko Golden Band have been a fixture on the Dakar music scene for the past 20 years, representing the Senegalese...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
