Reviews
Flavour of Africa
French duo Libreville make music that radiates musical and political positivity and in the current climate that feels like a...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: May/2022
Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba
Born in the US to immigrant parents from Rwanda and Uganda, Somi Kakoma is not only a Grammy-nominated jazz singer...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Diaxas
Like an African version of Jamaica’s Sly & Robbie, Jam Groove are the London-based Senegalese rhythm duo of drummer Oumar...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Mabanzo
This bubbly singer jokes that she grew up ‘pretty much everywhere,’ and there are certainly a lot of influences present...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2022
Ancient Tribal Hearts
Prepare yourself for the mystical noise of Ka Safar – a 13-piece world jazz juggernaut whose name means ‘Spirit Journey’...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022
Finding Home
Born in Damascus but now based in the UK, Youssef has set out to explore and expand the range of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2022
Seengwa
Mamadou Diabaté & Percussion Mania
Born into a griot family in Burkina Faso in 1973 and a master of the balafon, Mamadou Diabaté released his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Set Me Free
Keyna Wilkins & Jalal Mahamede
Last year from his detention cell in Brisbane, Ahwazi Arab refugee poet-artist Jalal Mahamede recited his poems via Zoom while...
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: May/2022
Parvat
Symphony-like in structure with three movements, Parvat is an articulation of Norwegian violinist Harpreet Bansal’s musical identity as an exponent...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2022
