Now this truly is a musical treasure to stumble upon: back in 1969 the noted producer Joe Boyd had befriended...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
In both senses of the term, Johannesburg’s Zoë Modiga is a new world star. Her ancient-to-future energy swirls from a...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
James Ssewakiryanga Jr is a multi-instrumentalist from Kampala who performs as Ssewa Ssewa. His principal instrument is the janzi, which...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
After years of playing with Ali Farka Touré, Afel Bocoum seemed well placed to take over the great man’s mantle...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Born in Zimbabwe but resident in Austria for more than 20 years, Vusa Mkhaya made his name in world music...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Tidiane Thiam is a photographer, visual artist and guitarist from Podor, the dusty home town of Baaba Maal in northern...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur
With five notes per octave, the pentatonic scale is considered the oldest scale in the world. Originating in ancient Mesopotamia...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Oumou Sangaré's label have certainly got some mileage out of her brilliant 2017 album, Mogoya. It was followed a year...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
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