Reviews
Moa Anbessa
Possibly taking a leaf out of the book of his compatriot and contemporary Mulatu Astatke, the Ethiopian saxophonist – and...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Rise & Shine
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Following the acclaimed film documenting this group's journey from residents of a Guinean refugee camp to international touring band, Rise...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti
Seemingly Fela Kuti is fi na lly star tin g to receive the long-overdue mainstream recognition his work deserves. Along...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
World Defeats the Grandfathers: Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-1986
Issa Juma & the Super Wanyika Stars
This is another in a series of authoritative collections of golden-age rumba issued by Sterns. Whilst their recent anthologies have...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Afro Rock Vol 1
Originally released in 2001 on the Kona label, Afro Rock Volume 1 now receives a thoroughly welcome reissue on Strut,...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Ouaga Affair: Hard Won Sound Of The Upper Volta 1974-1978
Ouaga Affair collects 15 tracks from the musical boom of the 1970s Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). But to see...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Bled Memory
I often wish reviewers would appraise albums on the basis of what they actually are rather than what they want...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
African Homeland: Voices & Rhythms From Zimbabwe and Southern Africa
We're no doubt going to be hearing a lot of music from South Africa in the run-up to the soccer...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Shalom Salam
Senegalese reggae singer Niominka Bi, whose name means ‘the fisherman’ in the Wolof language, has been around on the French...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Kassa
We first heard Mali’s Adama Yalomba on the 2003 Festival au Desert compilation. Then the trail went cold again. Kassa...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
