Reviews
Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
Despite the title, the first album from the legendary Senegalese dance band in a decade is not a tribute album...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Mali in Oak
In 2015 kora and cello player Tunde Jegede and South African guitarist Derek Gripper played a candlelit concert as a...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Africa Rekk
First, the good news. Youssou N’Dour is still in powerful, distinctive voice on his first studio album in over six...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Build Music
This modern street music from Sierra Leone is based on a form of ceremonial Islamic masquerade procession music known as...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
1000 Can Die
It’s as absurd to generalise about African albums as it would be American or European albums. But over the years...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
L'Oiseau du Ciel
Congolese music has for many years been struggling to re-establish its position as one of the most potent of contemporary...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Timbuktu Echoes
Imarhan Timbuktu, Dintchéré & Ousmane Ag Oumar
Not one but three different Touareg acts grace this release, which bypasses the CD format completely and is available only...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
