Reviews
Highlife Roots Revival
Palm-wine music was the acoustic precursor of Ghanaian highlife and was named after a homemade alcoholic beverage. Koo Nimo, now...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Kuetumbari
Guitarist Jeannot Bel is one of a handful of fine Congolese musicians based in the UK who are managing to...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Songs For Desert Refugees
The conflict in the southern Sahara between Malian government forces and the Touareg-led NMLA revolutionary army is reaching crisis point....
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Summertime: Best of Black Umfolosi
Asked to name two southern African a capella choirs, many will struggle after nominating Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Songlines readers might...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Mabruk
In the last issue, Songlines reviewed the latest album from Mariem Hassan, a leading singer and activist in the independence...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Bouger le Monde!
Many Songlines'reaiers will first have encountered Staff Benda Bilili on YouTube, with that extraordinary video showing the group singing ‘Na...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Anewal – The Walking Man
It’s unclear whether guitarist and vocalist Alhousseini Mohamed Anivolla has left Etran Finatawa for a solo career or if this...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Ethiopia Super Krar
The stripped-down acoustic approach taken here seems primed to deliver a raw yet updated, blast of Ethiopian blues, focusing as...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Sufi Brotherhood Chant
In Senegal one immediately feels the strong presence of the mystic brotherhoods of Sufism. The taxi that takes you from...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
La Guinéenne
Youssou N’Dour might be still defined by ‘Seven Seconds’, his 1994 smash hit with Neneh Cherry, had he not gone...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
