Reviews
To Belfast...
A ruminative opening introduces swelling overdubbed violins; Conor Caldwell's fiddle melody-line rides atop their bank of drones much like the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Djoyas de Mar
This album is not only musically interesting but is an inventive reimagining and bringing together of two traditions. At first...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Wande
Malian guitarist and vocalist Samba Touré was a protégé of Ali Farka Touré, having been a member of his touring...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Remain in Light
When Angélique Kidjo performed Talking Heads’ landmark 1980 album Remain in Light in its entirety onstage at Carnegie Hall last...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
An Angel Fell
It's appropriate that it's the German Strut label, home of the recent programme of Sun Ra re-releases, that has helped...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
African Scream Contest 2
It's been a decade since the release of the first African Scream Contest compilation. Much like that fascinating collection of...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Afrique Mon Désir
Laurinda Hofmeyr, Afrique mon Désir Ensemble & Régis Gizavo & #9;
For more than two decades, Laurinda Hofmeyr has specialised in setting the poetry of her native South Africa to music....
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Né La Thiass
Remastered and reissued for this year's Record Store Day in April, and now available on vinyl as well as on...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa
‘Bubblegum’ was the catch-all term given to Western-influenced popular music in 1980s South Africa, although the term is highly misleading,...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Bamako Sessions
Invisible System, aka producer and multi-instrumentalist Dan Harper, is best known for his heavy dub-rock takes on Ethiopian music, drafting...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
