Reviews
Adghah
Touareg guitar music takes many forms; there is the incandescent psychedelia of Bombino and Mdou Moctar, the nimble blues-rock of...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2019
Kalilima
Faith Mussa comes from a strong musical background. Growing up in Blantyre, Malawi, he started performing with The Mussa Family...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019
Early Congo Music 1946-1962: First Rumba, to the Real Rumba
Early Congo Music 1946-1962 has been compiled and annotated by Japanese collector Yoshiki Fukasawa. His unusual sub-title comes from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2019
Sempre
It's no wonder that Katia Guerreiro, looking for a new direction in her career, chose to work with José Mário...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019
Mi Alegria
Eclectic composer and musician Itamar Erez's new album Mi Alegria (My Happiness) weaves a scintillating journey incorporating a vast array...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: November/2019
Je Suis Africain
Reviewing the last will and testament of recently departed artists can sometimes be difficult with sentiment clouding critical judgement and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
The Rough Guide to Mali Blues
Nine years ago, The Rough Guide to Desert Blues provided an impressive overview of the music of the Sahara, including...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2019
Öngtupqa: Sacred Music of the Hopi Tribe
Clark Tenakhongva, Gary Stroutsos & Matthew Nelson
Öngtupqa is the Hopi name for the Grand Canyon (which translates to ‘Salt Canyon’). Musicians Clark Tenakhongva, Matthew Nelson and...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: November/2019
Party Beats
This is another re-release from the Tabansi vault of 80s African music. The late Nkono Teles, who is perhaps better...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
Derin Derin
Turkish psychedelic rock from the 60s seems to have been reborn from the ashes lately, with a new generation of...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2019
