Reviews
The Colours of Rubab
This is a stunning showcase of the Pakistani rubab (lute). It is played here by Gulab Afridi, a celebrated folk...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: August/September/2023
Inventor Vol 1
Born in Luanda’s Barrio do Rangel, DJ Znobia began experimenting with audio production tool FruityLoops in the early 90s, mixing...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2023
Leon Keïta
Born in Conakry, Guinea, guitarist Leon Keïta eventually became a significant figure on the Malian scene, helping to form the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2023
Caribe
Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2023
Ojinga’s Own
Formed in 1971 and still going strong with Eze Rockcliffe remaining at the helm, Yoruba Singers were first among equals...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2023
Lost in Tajikistan
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
These tracks were recorded in 2008 after English musician Lu Edmonds began recording musicians in a makeshift studio in the...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: October/2023
Desert Drip
It’s maybe not a very usual response to music to think, ‘how clever!’, but cleverness is what comes to mind...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2023
Iboto Ngenge
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
The Confluence
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
Rhapsody in Blue
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
