Reviews
Tewesta: Remembrance
On the surface there’s not a great deal to dislike about Tewesta (Remembrance), a new recording fronted by guitarist Girum...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
University of Gnawa
Aziz Sahmaoui is a marakchi – not a broad-brimmed crooner of Mexican love songs, but a native of Marrakech in...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
MeStissage
Teofilo Chantre was one of the first of the new wave of Cape Verdean singer-songwriters to depart from strict tradition,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
The First Album
The first two releases in Analog Africa’s new ‘limited dance edition’ series move on from the label’s splendid compilation releases,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Songs From Badissa
Cameroonian vocal¬ist and multi¬instrumentalist Erik Aliana and his band Korongo Jam are attracting their fair share of attention, and no...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Studio 105
Mayra Andrade has released just two albums:her spellbinding and multi award-winning 2006 debut Navega and its lusher 2010 follow-up Stória...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Songs of Happiness, Poison & Ululation
Over the last decade, as ageing baby boomers took stock of their past and waxed nostalgic about the pop, soul,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
High Life Time II
For a highlife aficionado, putting on the first disc of this compilation is like being greeted by old friends: Prince...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Nigeria 70: Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife and Juju From 1970s Lagos
The third edition of Strut's Nigeria 70 series contains another 13 crate-raiding tracks never previously issued outside of Nigeria –...
Reviewed in issue July/2011
