After reissuing three of Hailu Mergia's classic albums to great success, Awesome Tapes From Africa have taken the veteran Ethiopian...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
The son of Slah Mosbah, a celebrated singer among Tunisia's marginalised black community from the southern desert lands on the...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
A French hip-hop and beatboxing hero from the early 2000s, Leeroy is at the controls here as curator and producer...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Recorded with minimal equipment in a makeshift studio in their hometown of Niamey, the third international release from Niger's Tal...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
If a solo album by a veteran Malian percussionist whose only instrument is the hollow gourd calabash doesn't sound over-enticing,...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Recorded live in studios in Lagos and London by a sprawling Afrobeat band led by bassist and vocalist Femi Sofela,...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Hamad Kalkaba & The Golden Sounds
These tracks represent the entire output of Hamad Kalkaba, showcasing a funked-up version of a song style from northern Cameroon...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
While I wish I was reporting to you on the quality packaging and superb sound this vinyl box-set contains, being...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
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