Reviews
Edo Funk Explosion Vol 1
Much of the music emanating from Nigeria during the 1970s and 80s was an imitation of European and American disco....
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Djourou
For this, his 11th album, the Paris-based kora maestro Ballaké Sissoko collaborated with a clutch of genre-diverse French and African...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Umculo Umuthi
With lead singer Buyisiwe Njoko armed with shakers, whistles and the proclamatory vuvuzela, and an album title translating as ‘Music...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Ambuya!
Piranha Records have delved into their archives, looked in the ‘1987’ box and recovered the record that started it all...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Anoura
In 2018 the Malian guitarist Anansy Cissé and his band were travelling to a festival in his hometown of Diré...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Benin Vol 4: Yehouessi Leopold Batteur
TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
When Dahomey gained its independence from its French colonial masters in 1960 and became Benin, a surge of artistic creativity...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Lézard Vert
Do you ever get the feeling that you've put on the wrong album? Lézard Vert is considered a foundational album...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Do You Hear Me?
Like Cheikh Lô, Senegal's Batch Gueye is a member of the Baye Fall, the dreadlocked Sufi brotherhood founded by Amadou...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Gerasonobu
At the age of 27, Elida Almeida is a high achiever: Gerasonobu is her fourth album and she is considered...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
