Reviews
Of Time
Ethio-jazz- and Afrobeat-inspired groups are a ubiquitous presence at music festivals these days, with new album releases appearing year after...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: February/March/2026
Radio Lusaka
Alick Nkhata was a World War Two veteran, a freedom fighter against colonialism, a singer-musician who led the Lusaka Radio...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
N’MOTS
It’s now more than 20 years since Damien Elisa – a Mauritian pianist, composer, vocalist, and arranger – released his...
Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: May/2026
NTU Futurism
L8 Antique have been winning converts on the Johannesburg circuit since the mid-2000s. Usually performing with just four people on...
Reviewed by Kwanele Sosibo in issue: May/2026
Blessing On the Wing
The shadows cast by the current US government upon its Canadian neighbour haven’t darkened the sunny sharing of musical styles...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2026
Bodies of Water
New Hampshire-based Toby Summerfield’s new collection is a set of intricate instrumentals on guitar, bass and pedal steel, with a...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2026
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Cocanha, Los Sara Fontán & Tarta Relena
Getting three different duos with very assertive personalities in the same studio and expecting it to work may sound a...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026
