Reviews
London Acoustic Set
Carmen Souza Duo feat Theo Pas’cal
Sheared back to not much more than her gravity-defying voice at London’s Green Note venue, Carmen Souza shows here that...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
African Voices
The art of a good compilation is to take the listener seamlessly from track to track even when there appears...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
No Ama
The daughter of a diplomat, Nancy Vieira was born in Guinea Bissau, grew up in the Cape Verdean capital, Praia,...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
La Voix de la Révolution
Sory Kandia Kouyaté was a link between the ancient griot tradition of sung history and the modern popular music of...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Karantamba
Tiny Gambia has always struggled to maintain a musical identity beside its mighty neighbour, Senegal. For long periods its music...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Kanabory Siyama
When the great kora (harp-lute) player Kaouding Cissoko died in 2003, he was replaced in Baaba Maal's band by Diabel,...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Father Creeper
Singer, rapper, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist Mathambo (real name Nthato Mokgata) was born and raised in Soweto. I was about...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
The Moon has Risen: Zanzibara Vol 6
If you get a chance to see the Mtendeni Maulid Ensemble, don't miss it. They are a group of young...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Ifetayo
Soundway Records have an impressive catalogue of rare groove reissues, many of them from Africa. But although there are African...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
