The Master Musicians of Joujouka
The collective of Sufi trance musicians led by Ahmed El Attar (one of two troupes spawning from the village of...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
UK-based Senegalese dancer-turned-singer Batch Gueye had a very promising first album, Ndiarigne, back in 2014, and has been a key...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
In South Africa, a stoep is a veranda of a house and any gathering on it creates an instant space...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
Albums by the Brussels-based Algerian singer and songwriter Abderrahmane Abdelli are as rare as an oasis in the desert –...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
On his previous album, Kenyan musician Fadhilee Itulya celebrated the dance music of Western Kenya's Isukha and Idakho communities. His...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
This cassette (which is also available as a download, obviously) brims with infectious music, lyrics and a hard-wired utopian variety...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
This is another fine compilation from Analog Africa, amassing 16 tracks recorded in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé during the 1970s. All...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
Unique among the thriving Touareg guitar band scene, three of the four members of Les Filles de Illighadad are women...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
A former member of Uganda's longest lasting and most celebrated group the Afrigo Band, Rachel Magoola has released her seventh...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
Five years in the making, this debut album by the Balimaya Project (balimaya meaning ‘Essence of Kinship’ in the Maninka...
Reviewed in issue October/2021
Start your journey and discover the very best music from around the world.
Subscribe