Reviews

Zembrocal Musical

Groove Lélé & Ernst Reijseger

Groove Lélé are a Creole group from the island La Réunion, located in the Indian Ocean to the east of...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

Adama Drame

Adama Dramé

A long-term champion of West Africa’s loudest hand drum, the djembé master Adama Dramé here gets his early 90s solo...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

Afrobeast

Yaaba Funk

Yaaba Funk are a multiracial, multi¬national ten-piece Brixton band who have developed a strong reputation over the past two years...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

Shouka

Mariem Hassan

There hasn’t been much news from the Western Sahara recently. But all is not quiet on the Western front. Shouka...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

Jamm

Cheikh Lô

Albums by Cheikh Lô are rare enough to make them seem like events rather than mere record releases and Jamm...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

Muzikr

Carlou D

He’s been rumoured to be Senegal’s next big thing for years, and for good reason. Carlou D has steadily climbed...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

African Pearls: Senegal – Echo Musical

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This collection of largely unknown tracks from Senegambia in the 1970s offers some unexpected musical treats, showcasing as it does...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

African Pearls: Pont Sur le Congo

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The title of this double compilation refers to the imaginary bridge connecting the two capitals of the neighbouring Central African...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

Afrolution Vol 2: The Original African Hip-Hop Collection

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This second edition of African hip-hop compilations from the UK label Afrolution is a masterstroke of music collecting, a vibrant...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010

Hedzoleh

Hedzoleh Soundz

Ghana’s Hedzoleh Soundz – an aggregate of rock musicians and members of the Ghanaian Arts Council’s traditional music troupe –...

Reviewed in issue July/2010