Baaba Maal did it with 2009's Television. Amadou & Mariam followed last year with Folila. Now Salif Keita has joined...
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That Senegal has an acoustic singer-songwriter scene (as opposed to a traditional music scene) has been apparent for at least...
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The group’s name suggests they are a drum and dance ensemble. But Les Tambours de Brazza are much more than...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
A leading innovator, musician, arranger and early collaborator with Fela Kuti, CK Mann and Pat Thomas (to name but a...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
This is consistently great music: a sublime mix of jazz, funk and a dreamy groove. Fela Kuti created a whole...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
We have come to expect a lot from young Malian pop-rock singer Rokia Traoré, who surprised the world with her...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
These kind of compilations, which seek to present what the box describes as ‘the best of African music, past, present...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
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