Mayra Andrade’s confident 2006 debut Navega (reviewed in #44), brought her widespread acclaim. She was one of a number of...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Blighted by war from 1961 to 2002, Angola has received far less attention for its music than many of its...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Once fishermen and farmers on the rich alluvial banks of the Zambezi, the Batonga were driven at gun¬point from their...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
From latter-day obscurity to the plush aisles of London’s Barbican, the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo story is a typically colourful one, with...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
It’s all a matter of interpretation. With Bonjour, Rachid Taha, the leather-clad, Algerian-born Joe Strummer acolyte, has made a record...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté and Ali Farka Touré's 2005 Grammy-winning collaboration In the Heart of the Moon was about as flawless a...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
The diva from Benin returns and as if to announce the fact, Oyo begins with the sustained solo cry of...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Amazigh Kateb, who was the lead singer of Gnawa Diffusion, has turned down the rock from his old group and...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
The Soweto Gospel Choir has won Grammy awards for its last two albums, so you can’t blame them for tailoring...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Razia Said is an unfamiliar name in the world of Malagasy music: she has lived outside Madagasca since she was...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
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