Reviews
Ndebele Songs
Many music lovers will be familiar with the isicathamiya style of singing, thanks to southern African groups such as Ladysmith...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
Fasiya
Breaking the mould of West Africa's male– dominated kora tradition, Sona Jobarteh comes from a Mande griot family representing a...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Rough Guide to African Lullabies
Judging by our own experiences, this is a winner. Our son was asleep before the third track had finished and...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Vision
This is another fine example of Alpha Blondy's easy-going roots reggae style and conscious lyrics. Since the tragic demise of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Crocodile Blues
Songhai Blues, Samba Touré's debut album of two years ago, was sub-titled ‘Homage To Ali Farka Touré’; the late guitarist...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Hugh Masekela Presents: Songs Of Migration
Last year, Hugh Masekela and the theatre director James Ngcobo staged Songs Of Migration at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Halleli N'Dakarou
This autumn's surprise from Africa comes from Banjul in the Gambia, in the shape of a band who are described...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Journey Through Time
On the one hand it's perhaps difficult to see quite why the world needs another Afrobeat band, replicating the 1970s...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
