Reviews

137 Avenue Kaniama

Baloji

Musician, poet and filmmaker Baloji was born to a Belgian father and Congolese mother in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

From Nubia to Cairo

Ali Hassan Kuban

First released back in 1989, when ‘world music’ was young, this set is as life-enhancing and plain funky as an...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Abu

Abu

Senegalese virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer Abu Djigo set out to make his first album under his own name with...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Yeketelale

Ukandanz

From Dub Colossus through to the Imperial Tiger Orchestra, British and European bands have understandably been fascinated by Ethiopian music...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Valimbilo

Damily

This five-piece tsapiky band are credited with bringing the music of Toliara, Madagascar, to an international audience. With a career...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Teranga

Hervé Samb

Hervé Samb is a self-taught guitarist and composer from Senegal whose way with harmony and technique has won him considerable...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Otodi

Vaudou Game

The cover of this album goes a great way to describing the audio treasure that lies inside. A mask representing...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Lemma

Souad Asla

Hailing from the Saoura region of southern Algeria, Lemma are a group of 11 female artists whose name, in their...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Zoona Malawi

Gasper Nali

As Gasper Nali hoists his ten-foot, homemade babatoni, we clearly have a candidate for unusual instrument of the month: it...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Komsa Gayar

Lindigo

Lindigo are a band firmly in touch with their roots, but that's not to say they aren't moving forward. For...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019