Reviews
Kukurantumi
It is such a pleasure to hear some old-school Ghanaian highlife. In the 60s Amartey Hedzoleh was a member of...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Mazal
Aziz Sahmaoui & The University of Gnawa
The first University of Gnawa release came in 2011, when Sahmaoui, a founder of Orchestre National de Barbès, brought together...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Bamako Today
The BKO Quintet consist of four Malians and one French musician; they play traditional Malian music with a modern twist....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Blue Tsapiky
Claude Teta is a guitarist and vocalist from Madagascar and here he is joined by a singer called Kirasoa, who...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Tiger Run
Nyolo's eighth album in a solo career that began in 1996 with Tribu may just be her most cohesive and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Ndiarigne
In his native Senegal, Batch Gueye performed mainly as a dancer, but since moving to Bristol, he has honed his...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Africainement Vôtre
Magic System, the Ivory Coast's most successful proponents of zouglou – a mix of zouk, ragga and soca music –...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground
A pair of fascinating albums mining a fruitful seam of musical esoterica – the Algerian 45rpm vinyl releases of the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Kiriké
Over his long career, Kassé Mady Diabaté has been part of the fusion projects Songhai and AfroCubism, he has sung...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Film of Life
The man who Brian Eno has dubbed the finest drummer on the planet has made a string of intriguing albums...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
