Reviews
Mali All Stars: Bogolan Music
You might have thought there were already enough compilations of Malian music in the world. But this well presented box-set...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Éthiopiques 29: Mastawesha
These two latest releases from Buda are in some respects polar opposites, though connected by a common theme. One is...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Wicked Leaders
Ghanaian popular music is currently dominated by both religious music and the genre known as hiplife. King Ayisoba is well-known...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Dernier Appel
The singer Tiken Jah Fakoly is next in line to Alpha Blondy on the somewhat specialised Ivory Coast reggae scene,...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Maghreb Lyon
The role of Paris and Marseille in the production of North African music in France is well documented: less so...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara
The rich river of talent flowing from beneath the sands of West Africa has rather hijacked our perception of music...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Jaiyede Afro
Orlando Julius with The Heliocentrics
Orlando Julius should be much more famous outside his native Nigeria. One of the pioneers of Afrobeat, this is the...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Trésors de la Musique Judéo-Arabe
Another welcome haul through the treasure trove of Jewish-Arab popular song: in this case, it's 13 tracks, including three released...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Tzenni
The latest ascending Saharan star comes not from Mali, as you might expect, but from Mauritania. Singer and griot Noura...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Akal Warled
Mix the hypnotic call-and-response vocals and tinde hand-drums of the Touareg troupe Tartit with the electric guitars, rocking rhythms and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
