Reviews
Son of Africa
Flopping on release by Island Records in 1976 — the label too busy with reggae star Bob Marley to promote...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Tusona: Tracings in the Sand
Mokoomba are back at last, six years on from their last album Luyando and ten years after winning a Songlines...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Chale Wote
In the Akan language, fra roughly translates as ‘a mix’ of things, which is an excellent description of the music...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Artemisia
Hailing from Burkina Faso, Art Melody is a farmer by day and rapper and singer by night, bringing a fresh...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Millions of Us
Ten tracks into Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness’ (BCUC) Millions of Us, there's a message from Jovi Nkosi to producer Sam...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
O Yinne!
Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy
Lively church music based on Ghanaian highlife traditions with a modern electric slant. Guitars, two keyboards and a horn section...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Madíbá
It was always going to be a tough ask to follow up on Blick Bassy's seminal 2019 album 1958 (A...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Djilly Kawral
A highly-respected singer from the Fulani community of Mali, but little known outside of her own country and its diaspora,...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Digital Indigenous 04: MP4MP3
In 2020, Polish label 1000Hz launched Digital Indigenous, a series showcasing producers who use rudimentary digital tools to create unique...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
