Reviews

From Nubia to Cairo

Ali Hassan Kuban

First released back in 1989, when ‘world music’ was young, this set is as life-enhancing and plain funky as an...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Abu

Abu

Senegalese virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer Abu Djigo set out to make his first album under his own name with...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Yeketelale

Ukandanz

From Dub Colossus through to the Imperial Tiger Orchestra, British and European bands have understandably been fascinated by Ethiopian music...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Valimbilo

Damily

This five-piece tsapiky band are credited with bringing the music of Toliara, Madagascar, to an international audience. With a career...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Teranga

Hervé Samb

Hervé Samb is a self-taught guitarist and composer from Senegal whose way with harmony and technique has won him considerable...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Otodi

Vaudou Game

The cover of this album goes a great way to describing the audio treasure that lies inside. A mask representing...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Lemma

Souad Asla

Hailing from the Saoura region of southern Algeria, Lemma are a group of 11 female artists whose name, in their...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Zoona Malawi

Gasper Nali

As Gasper Nali hoists his ten-foot, homemade babatoni, we clearly have a candidate for unusual instrument of the month: it...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Komsa Gayar

Lindigo

Lindigo are a band firmly in touch with their roots, but that's not to say they aren't moving forward. For...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Lusafrica 30th Anniversary Album

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The 30th anniversary of Lusafrica is certainly cause for celebration. Having exposed the world to musical giants such as Cesaria...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019