A fine balance of danceable music which pushes the boat out sonically and a sound firmly rooted in Congolese rumba...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: May/2024
If there’s anything negative to say about Fela Kuti’s music in particular and Afrobeat in general it’s that it don’t...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2024
According to no less an authority than Jim Farrington, former Music Librarian and Director of the World Music Archive at...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
Austin, Minnesota’s Charlie Parr is leaving behind the country-blues derivations of his earliest works. For all their ramshackle charms, albums...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2024
Geographically, this mysterious quintet hail from the south east of France but, sonically, they manifest as though from a bustling...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
Monsieur MÂLÂ, a Parisian jazz fusion quintet, emerges from the shadows of supporting roles for musicians like Blick Bassy, Mayra...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024
Farah Kaddour’s inaugural solo venture, Badā, unfolds as a deliberate exploration of the buzuq, a Persian lute akin to the...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024
A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
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