Reviews
Vindodo
The first thing you'll notice about this album is its packaging – no jewel case here! Instead, the CD comes...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
Amankor/The Exile
This exiled Touareg ensemble from Mali's Timbuktu region have been active for nearly three decades, led by singer Fadimata Walet...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
Un Autre Blanc
This is hailed as the veteran Malian singer's final album: at nearly 70, Keita is ‘retiring.’ Certainly, Un Autre Blanc...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
Ekuka
Nyege Nyege Tapes is a small, obscure label based in Kampala, Uganda. They have released a small number of cassettes...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar
Canada-based sound recordist Charles Brooks has spent more than 20 years recording in the field and this is the second...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
Black Tenere
Anana Harouna is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Sahara with an intriguing history. He's a Touareg (he prefers the...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
1958
With his soulful voice, Cameroonian author and singer-songwriter Blick Bassy delivers a luminous and reflective album of 11 songs. Using...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
Kadodi
The transliteration of ritual practice to the club dance floor is always an interesting – and often politically charged –...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
Zerzura (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Zerzura is a mythical city or oasis that appears in numerous historical accounts of the Sahara. The film Zerzura is...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
