Reviews
Cissoko Heritage
Born in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, Maher Cissoko’s claim to be the 73rd generation of a griot family...
Reviewed in issue October/2021
Abantu/Before Humans
Back in 2009 South African indie-rockers-with-roots BLK JKS seemed to be on the verge of international stardom: Dave Grohl called...
Reviewed in issue October/2021
Peace in Africa
Cheikh Ibra Fam might not be a familiar name for many outside of Senegal, but this multi-instrumentalist and singer has...
Reviewed in issue October/2021
Yaho Bele/Say Yeah
Badume’s Band & Selamnesh Zéméné
Badume’s Band are one of the mainstays of European Ethio-jazz, with over a decade of experience as the go-to backing...
Reviewed in issue October/2021
Eboni Band
In 1981, Motown producer Art Stewart travelled to Abidjan to scope out the possibility of a series of African-American collaborations...
Reviewed in issue October/2021
Mande Guitar: African Guitar Series, Vol 1
This first release on a new label launched by Banning Eyre, presenter of the Afropop Worldwide radio show and all-round...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021
Couleur
Three years after her masterpiece, Miziki, Ivorian singer Dobet Gnahoré has now taken up the challenge to produce another highly...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021
Na Zala Zala
Rey Sapienz & The Congo Techno Ensemble
This is the debut album from Rey Sapienz, who grew up surrounded by the tragedy of the second Congo War...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021
The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds of Philip Tabane and his Malombo Jazzman
Guitarist Philip Tabane burst onto the South African jazz scene in the mid-60s with a guitar-flute-drums trio that blended modern...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021
