Reviews
Paseo a Dos
There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2016
Politiki
As a guitarist and singer-songwriter who worked alongside the great Ali Farka Touré and Afel Bocoum, Mamadou Kelly is practically...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2017
Sachal Jazz
This CD has been featured all over the place – CNN, the BBC and Al-Jazeera – and has already been...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Health is Wealth
Macka B loves fruit and veg. So much so that the British-born dancehall veteran has released an album in dedication...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018
Yatra: Nomadic Souls
I’d better come clean straightaway and say that I had trouble with this disc. Kailash Kher is a big star...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2010
Le Chant des Rameurs
Gabriel Saglio & Les Vieilles Pies
In the course of a variegated career, Gabriel Saglio has forged a solid reputation as a lyricist with a keen...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
buffering juju
Self-described as ‘nomadic future folk,’ the sound conjured up by dumama + kechou on their debut manages the delicate feat...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: May/2020
Gigi de Nissa
Gigi is the nom de plume of one Louis Pastorelli, a fellow traveller of Moussu T – a shared personal...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Cajun Honky Tonk: The Khoury Recordings Vol 2
Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz has long been one of the great record collectors and has reissued much ‘lost’ music....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2013
Wolo So
Five years in the making, this debut album by the Balimaya Project (balimaya meaning ‘Essence of Kinship’ in the Maninka...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: October/2021
