After presumably running out of crates to dig through in West Africa for Soundway's splendid series of 70s archive recordings...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Jupiter & Okwess International
For someone releasing his debut album, Jupiter Bokondji – the self-styled ‘rebel general’ of Congolese music – has been around...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Best known in the UKasa musical collaborator, in particular with Gnawa-indie band Electric Jalaba, Simo Lagnawi springs a few surprises...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Orchestra Super Mazembe may be one of the most influential bands in African music. They were one of the first...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Mukunguni, a village in the Coast Province of Kenya, next to the Indian Ocean, is home to the Mijikenda tribe....
Reviewed in issue July/2013
The latest from Buda Musique is a vital instalment from the seemingly limitless supply of Ethiopian music from yesteryear. Ali...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
SWP Records certainly can’t be accused of over¬exploiting their archive of field recordings; it was ten years ago that the...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
As anyone who has made the annual trip to northern Mali knows, the Festival in the Desert is a unique...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
The Bariba number about 600,000, and live in the north-west Nigerian region of Borgou, around the banks of the Niger...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
The name of King Ayisoba will fail to register the slightest flash of recognition on the faces of all but...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
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