Reviews
Never Let Me Cross Your Mind
Rip-roaring old-time music, with a few country surprises. This all-female ensemble tag their repertoire as ‘heart-breakin’ country harmonies and raging...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Kiriké
Over his long career, Kassé Mady Diabaté has been part of the fusion projects Songhai and AfroCubism, he has sung...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Film of Life
The man who Brian Eno has dubbed the finest drummer on the planet has made a string of intriguing albums...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Mountain Melodies: Rubab Music of Afghanistan
The rubab, the national instrument of Afghanistan, is one of the world's great plucked instruments. Its warm muscular sound is...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The ABCD
Born and bred in London, the rapper Olushola Ajose, better known as Afrikan Boy, has re-examined his Nigerian roots in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Operette
Marseille's favourite sons, Moussu T e lei Jovents, finally get round to their town's classic traditions. Marseille's operette music hall...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Wouty
On first listen this sounds like a very pleasant, semi-acoustic, low-key, album of relaxed, modern Senegalese music. After several plays,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Mbira Korositina
Chartwell Dutiro & Mike Parnell
Chartwell Dutiro is a well-known mbira (thumb piano) player, a former member of Thomas Mapfumo's group, and a teacher of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Griot Classique
A decade younger than his cousin Toumani, the kora player Mamadou Diabaté is arguably the better-known of the two in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Democrazy
It's a sign of our amazing cross-cultural times that a group hailing from the Massif Central, the wild granite heart...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
