Richard Linklater spent 12 years making the 2014 movie Boyhood, a remarkable and sprawling investigation of the human condition refracted...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
This is the latest in a series of releases from London studio Pro Smart under the direction of Congolese musician...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
After the success of their compilation Léve Léve: Sao Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s earlier in the year, Bongo Joe...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
This is an unusual and adventurous project in which two bands have been formed in order to re-imagine a mixture...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
These are difficult days in Mali, with political upheaval adding to the problems brought by COVID-19, but great music is...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Senegalese singer Modou Touré has big shoes to fill as the son of Ousmane Touré, lead singer of the legendary...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Ladysmith Black Mambazo may have cornered the global market for male gospel singing from southern Africa, but we should not...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Although this album taps into the traditional folklore and rhythms of Mozambique, it is fair to say that it is...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
The Zonke family hail from Nyampanda, a small border town on the Zimbabwean side of the boundary with Mozambique. They...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Nigerian bassist and composer Michael Olatuja has spent most of his life in three cities: first Lagos, then London, and...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
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