The resurrection of Makgona Tsohle Reggi – recorded in 1970 – reconnects modern listeners to an experimental fusion of mbaqanga,...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Réunionese singersongwriter Christine Salem should really be a huge international star by now. But despite a clutch of solid releases...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
El Hal/The Feeling is the first album in five years from the Anglo-Moroccan septet, led by the gimbri and voice...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Abdoulaye Koné, aka Kandiafa, is part of a long line of Mande griots including great-grandfather Djigui and his uncle, Mama...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Doctor Kanuska leads her ensemble in the traditional vimbuza healing trance dance ritual. As a child she was diagnosed by...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Last year the excellent Canadian crate-digging label We Are Busy Bodies reissued Armitage Road, a 1970 album by South African...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
The dynasty continues with the debut from Omorinmade Kuti, grandson of Fela and son of Femi – but with a...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Femi Kuti's last album, 2018's One People One World, was disappointing; it lacked the bite of earlier recordings and sounded...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
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