This is the third solo album from Hanitra Ranaivo, former singer with Malagasy group Lolo Sy Ny Tariny. She sings...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
It's easy to feel the pulse of Afrobeat — funky, percussive grooves and jazzy arrangements often paired with conscious, passionate...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
With Ba Cissoko, great musicianship is always guaranteed. A kora player from Guinea, he is perhaps still best known for...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Gino Sitson is a New York-based vocalist from the Bamileke region of Cameroon, whose family comes from a long line...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
The scion of a long line of griots and kora (harp-lute) virtuosi from Casamance in southern Senegal, Kadialy Kouyaté is...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
The KutiMangoes started with a simple musical goal in mind: Fela Kuti meets Charles Mingus. Such giants in their field...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
‘East meets West’ is a common theme within world music fusions, but it's rare to hear one like this: Damakase's...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
This is the fourth album by Erik Aliana, the first two having been in the Bikutsi and Makossa styles of...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
The opportunity to travel in time as well as space is all part of the appeal of world music, although...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
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