Reviews
At Peace
Like Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko is kora royalty. Around the same age, they are both sons of Malian griot kora...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Solonaïves/Sculptures with GAD
Solo Razafindrakoto (aka Solorazaf) is a guitarist from Madagascar. This album confirms that he is an absolute master. The first...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Seben Steps to Heaven
Formed in Yorkshire and now based in London, Congo Dia Ntotila is comprised of a mixture of African (mostly Congolese)...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Kadior Demb
Thiès, Senegal’s third largest city, is a sleepy town at a major railway junction and home to one of the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Prophecy
Mulele is a UK-based guitarist working in a variety of styles including jazz, pop, hip-hop and world music. Although he...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Vocalism
The Zimbabwean singer Vusa Mkhaya, now resident in Vienna, is part of the vocal trio Insingini, which released the rather...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Aduna
Malick Pathé Sow & Bao Sissoko
There has been a glut of recent albums featuring American and European musicians collaborating with their West African counterparts. Nobody...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Y’Anbessaw Tezeta
What a delight this new collaboration between Ethiopian saxophone legend Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex proves to be. Showcasing something...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Miro
Seckou Keita is representative of a new breed of African musician for whom the world really has become a global...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Etike
Jeannot Bel is a UK-based Congolese guitarist who is a regular member of Kanda Bongo Man’s touring band. He recently...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
