Reviews
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
Songs from Madagascar: Lasa
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
Kaléidoscope
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
Djeli
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
Body & Voice
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
Na Kitabo
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
Made in Africa
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
