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The Star Beams

This is a reissue of the 1976 album originally released by the JAS Pride label in South Africa. The set-up...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar

Siti Muharam

Siti Muharam is the greatgranddaughter of Siti Binti Saad, the woman who turned taarab from the inaccessible music of the...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Modiehi

Marumo

A track by the South African quartet Marumo featured on the 2018 compilation album Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Three...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

buffering juju

dumama + kechou

Self-described as ‘nomadic future folk,’ the sound conjured up by dumama + kechou on their debut manages the delicate feat...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Tinn Tout

Danyèl Waro

Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Tamotaït

Tamikrest

If the mighty Tinariwen are the gate-opening Beatles of Touareg guitar music and Songhoy Blues are the genre's answer to...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Zam Groove: Music from Zambia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A short LP release of seven tracks taken from the excellent SWP box sets Luangwa to Livingstone (see previous) and...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Apocalypse Across the Sky

The Master Musicians of Jajouka

The story of Jajouka in the West begins with William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin, who were their conduit to...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Ufulu 1991-1997

Katawa Singers

In urgent need of a bucketful of wholesome joy with none of the risks of eternal damnation? Katawa Singers have...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Meet the Mahotella Queens

Mahotella Queens

Released in 1966, this was the Mahotella Queens' debut, comprising their first seven singles plus B-sides recorded over the previous...

Reviewed in issue May/2020