Reviews

Daa Dee

Minyeshu

Ethiopian singer Minyeshu Kifle Tedla amalgamates Western instrumentation into a mix of modern and traditional Ethiopian musical styles. Based in...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Resilience

Samite

Musician, humanitarian and photographer Samite has dedicated his career to the exploration of the power of music as a healing...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Kamale Blues

Harouna Samaké

That Harouna Samaké has been Salif Keita's kamalengoni player for the past 17 years tells you all you need to...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Moçambique

Celso Paco & Dynamo de Luxe

Born in Maputo 52 years ago but now resident in Sweden, Celso Paco released his excellent debut album Dugongo in...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Soukabbè Mali

Sékou Bah

Hailing from Bandiagara on Mali's Dogon plateau, Sékou Bah's impressive track record includes several years playing in Salif Keita's band,...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme 2

Orchestre Les Mangelepa & Dieuf-Dieul de Thies

The second CD to be released of live recordings from the excellent annual Afrika Festival in Hertme in the Netherlands...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Afro Groove Queen

Manou Gallo

Manou Gallo is a bass player and singer from the Ivory Coast with an impressive history. She has worked with...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Songs of Lake Volta

Joseph Sheehan

Ten years ago, Sheehan, an American composer and assistant professor of music at Duquesne University, spent six months in Ghana...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Orion Congregation

Ahmed Ag Kaedy

Ahmed Ag Kaedy is perhaps best known as one of the four musicians featured in Mali Blues, a documentary examining...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Matjale

Thabang Tabane

The percussionist Thabang Tabane grew up playing in Molombo, a band from Mamelodi township on the outskirts of Pretoria, led...

Reviewed in issue November/2018