Reviews
Daba
The simple, unaffected, sound of the traditional ngoni (lute) is one of West Africa's most distinctive and evocative musical delights....
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Creology
When you hear Carmen Souza, it's like being thrown into some sort of fantasy land where Billie Holiday was in...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
monmon
Ever since 1994, when he burst onto the world music scene with one of his landmark songs ‘Adékalom’, Danyèl Waro...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
We Used to be Africans
The opening track on this album by Cacique ’97, ‘Mahala’, simmers for half a minute before a barrage of horns...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Mornas ao Piano
The first few bars of Mornas ao Piano can trick you into thinking there's a Cuban record coming your way....
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Kin Sonic
There's a lot of laughter in this second album by the Congo's Jupiter & Okwess. Dramatic, over-the-top ‘mwa-ha-ha's from the...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
White African Power
It's a bold and ambitious idea to enter an isolated community who have no experience of singing and ask them...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Beautiful World
The Namibian-born Elemotho (stage name of Gaalelekwe Richardo Mosimane) grew up listening to his elders telling stories around a campfire...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
