Reviews
Courage
Malian kora (harp-lute) player Mamadou Diabate is still only in his mid-30s but has racked up a stack of excellent...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Ndzi Teke Riendzo
Last year Honest Jon's released a well-received compilation titled Shangaan Electro. The album focused on a synthesized style of ancient...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
My Roots
Kenyan singer-songwriter Suzanna Owiyo has her third album released on a Scandinavian label and sponsored by a Norwegian arts foundation....
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Songs from a Zulu Farm
Now in his 70 th year, Ladysmith’s indefat– igable founder Joseph Shabalala shows no signs of slowing down and continues...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
A l’ Ombre du Grand Baobab
The Malian griot Mah Damba has lived in France for many years and her music reflects her cultural cosmo– politanism....
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Best of Lura
Proof that the Cape Verde renaissance has come of age, this anthology confirms Lura as her own generation’s elder stateswoman,...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Éthiopiques 27: Centennial of the First Ethiopian Music Recordings
The latest volume in the É t h i o p i q u e s series presents a conundrum...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
The Voice of Lightness Vol 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993
The second two-disc volume of the definitive career overview of Tabu Ley Rochereau picks up the Congo’s greatest vocalist at...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Sahel Folk
Sidi Touré’s first album, Hoga, appeared 14 years ago on Stern’s and it is an indication of how the global...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
