Reviews

Griot Jazz

Baba Sissoko

Those lucky enough to be backstage for rehearsals of the African opera Le Vol du Boli, taking place at a...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

#Mr Lakaaye

Lekan Babalola

Lekan Babalola has an impressive track record as a musician (percussionist and composer/arranger) and filmmaker. One of Nigeria’s outstanding jazz...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Unite

Ogún Afrobeat

Some folks follow in the footsteps of Fela, others follow Femi… This ten-piece Afrobeat band from Spain seem to opt...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Sound Therapy

Manjul meets FX & YVO

French multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Julien Souletie has been working under the name Manjul from his own Humble Ark Studio...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Vinyl Box Set #5

Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti’s vast and sprawling catalogue has been repackaged and repurposed, anthologised and annotated countless times since his death in...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Aboogi

Imarhan

All aboard the Touareg camel train once again for Imarhan’s third album Aboogi – and a serene, timeless trip across...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Mayam

Nuru Kane

Nuru Kane deserves to be one of Africa’s crossover heroes, thanks to his ability to effortlessly switch between different styles....

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Soweto

Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles

Robson Banda started his career as a member of Thomas Mapfumo’s first group Acid Band. In Zimbabwe the chimurenga music...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Assouf

Toumastine

It has been two decades since desert blues music first stepped onto the international stage, and although the world still...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Essiebons Special 1973-1984: Ghana Music Power House

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The recently departed Ghanaian producer and label-owner Dick Essilfie-Bondzie was digitising his recording vaults right up until his death, discovering...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022