Reviews
Revolution Sabar
Aba Diop & The Yermande Family
The Senegalese percussionist Aba Diop is a master of the ancient sabar drum of the Wolof griots, a sound heard...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Sankofa
Thandiswa Mazwai burst onto the global music scene as the charismatic frontwoman of Bongo Maffin, pioneers of South African kwaito,...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Djudjon: L’Oiseau de Garana
Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba have been ambassadors for Bamana jeli (griot) ngoni music since their debut in 2007....
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Gente
Born in Bissau and raised in Cape Verde, Nancy Vieira, now based in Lisbon, is a leading exponent of Cape...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
nomthandazo
Zoë Modiga became a star in South Africa, her birthplace, after appearing on that country’s version of The Voice. She’s...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Akal
Tarwa N-Tiniri were born in Ouarzazate, Morocco’s ‘door of the desert’ and Akal marks their second album. Its title translates...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper
In terms of guitar and kora duos, it’s hard to think much beyond the inspired collaboration of Toumani Diabaté and...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Live in Turku
Dawda Jobarteh & Stefan Pasborg
Bliss it must have been to have attended the Finnish jazz festival where this live set was recorded featuring the...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
