Reviews
Zambia Roadside 2
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
Live From Festival au Desert Timbuktu
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
Benin: Bariba Music
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
Modern Ghanaians
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
The Rough Guide to African Music for Children
As the grandfather of a one-year-old, with a second grandchild on the way, this reviewer has been eagerly searching for...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Mãe Carinhosa
Over her 20-year career, the Cape Verdean legend recorded a vast amount of songs that never quite made it onto...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Vol 3: The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Analog Africa here return to the rich canon of Benin’s finest, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, with The Skeletal Essences of...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Albala
Like his compatriot Bassekou Kouyaté, it has taken Samba Touré a while to emerge as a star of Malian music....
Reviewed in issue July/2013
South Sudan Street Survivors
General Paolino featuring Mama Celina
It’s great to hear music from South Sudan, especially on a reputable label like IRL. But it’s baffling that the...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Ritual
Nico Gomez & his Afro Percussion Inc
It seems unlikely that a Dutch musician would lead a band specialising in Afro-Latin fusions. Yet that is the case...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
