Reviews
IYA: Songs for the Mothers
For their fifth album, London's Afro-Cuban community choir build on their tradition of performing songs to the Orishas (Yoruba deities)...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2023
One Thought Away
If you’re not familiar with Gurtu's remarkable versatility as a tabla maestro and composer who has played with everyone from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
Soul Tropical
The grandson of West Indians from Saint-Kitts and Martinique and now resident in Marseilles, Walters continues his exploration of Afro-Caribbean...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
The Confluence
The Nigerian-British keyboardist and bandleader Dele Sosimi is a London fixture, an Afrobeat ambassador with links to the great Fela...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2023
Terri Kunda
Conceived during an international Zoom call, this collaboration between US-based pipa virtuoso Gao Hong and London-based kora master Kadialy Kouyate...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2023
MinYo Songbook Vol 1
Many cultures around the world have taken forms of their own folk songs and reinterpreted them in a more mainstream...
Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: May/2023
Agôra
This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
Don't Worry, Be Gypsy
There's always been a high correlation between Bulgarian musicians of all callings and immense virtuosity, and the correlation becomes even...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2023
Funmilayo
Formed of 11 black Brazilian women and non-binary people, the Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra began through a collective frustration over the...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2023
