Reviews

Volo Hazo

Malagasy Guitar Masters

Three guitarists from three different generations, all from Madagascar, have produced an album that could quite easily sit on an...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Temet

Imarhan

Formed in the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset and dressing more like the Ramones than traditional desert nomads, Imarhan declared...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Kayeba Khasso

Djénéba & Fousco

This is the debut recording of a married couple from Mali who shot to fame in West Africa following their...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Eghass Malan

Les Filles de Illighadad

This album of Touareg/Tamashek music from Niger is of a similar cultural background to popular groups like Etran Finatawa and...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Yen Ara

Ebo Taylor

Ebo Taylor has been doing his stuff for more than 60 years now, so he knows how to make an...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Mim Ê Bô

Tito Paris

It has been a long wait for Tito Paris to end his self-imposed recording silence of 15 years. A key...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Laço Umbilical

Lucibela

On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Iphupho: A Cappella from South Africa

Afrika Mamas

Afrika Mamas’ fourth album, Iphupho (New Dreams), beautifully encapsulates the magic of sisterhood and the central role that community plays...

Reviewed in issue April/2018

Anarouz

3MA

It has been a decade since the three master musicians of 3MA – Ballaké Sissoko (kora), Driss El Maloumi (oud)...

Reviewed in issue April/2018

Sycophantic Friends

Atamina

Attentive listeners may have first heard Atamina on the 2016 compilation This is Kologo Power!, on which he appeared alongside...

Reviewed in issue April/2018