Reviews
Highlife
In his previous work, Ghanaian trumpeter Peter Somuah has brought flavours of highlife into the idiom of contemporary jazz. With...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Avoudé
Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band
With Avoudé, Dogo du Togo makes a dynamic leap from the stripped-back sound of his 2022 debut to an electrifying...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Mmabatho
Singer, songwriter and producer Tomeletso Sereetsi is something of a hero in his homeland as an exponent of the unique...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Port’Inglês
The tricky part about coming up with and cementing an aesthetic of your own is avoiding being cornered or imprisoned...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Our Ancestors Swam to Shore
Uninhabited until the Portuguese turned up in the 15th century, São Tomé is a volcanic island out in the Atlantic...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Here and Now (Live at City Club)
Walid Ben Selim, from Casablanca, started out as a rapper, most notably leading contemporary Arabic-language band N3rdistan, but since then...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Feja Feja
Haling from Victoria Falls on Zimbabwe’s border with Zambia, Flying Bantu have been a fixture on southern Africa’s touring and...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Galgi
Gambian guitarist and bandleader Bai Janha’s storied career was so prolific that whole albums from his group Karantamba lingered unreleased...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Homeland (Chapter 1)
With his latest album, it is nice to see that kora player Seckou Keita continues to push boundaries. For Homeland...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Prisoner
There have been many fine reggae artists to come out of Africa since Bob Marley played in Zimbabwe in 1980...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
