Reviews

Nha Sunhu

Eneida Marta

Think of the music of Guinea-Bissau, and the artists that spring to mind are probably men: Ernesto Dabo, Justino Delgado...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Music of Morocco: Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This four-disc set of Paul Bowles’ recordings in Morocco in 1959 reproduces – with eight additional pieces – the original...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Guy Buttery

Guy Buttery

In the same way that Antoni Gaudí's buildings were guided by nature, Guy Buttery draws his musical inspiration from the...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Tani

Fanfaraï

Since 2005, percussionist Samir Inal has navigated the treacherous waters between North Africa and France with dexterity. His commingling of...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Libraries on Fire

Derek Gripper

Since Songlines first championed the South African guitarist Derek Gripper following his 2012 album One Night on Earth, his transpositions...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Tikounen

Kel Assouf

Can you have too many Touareg guitar records? Not when they’re as potent as this second album from Kel Assouf,...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Trotro

DJ Katapila

When Brian Shimkovitz, owner of the Awesome Tapes from Africa label, asked Ghanaian DJ Katapila if he could re-release his...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Punk Islands

M’Toro Chamou

For Indian Ocean music aficionados, M’Toro Chamou of Mayotte is no new kid on the block. Since 1998, we have...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969)

Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos

No other African musician has garnered as much global interest as Fela Kuti – Nigeria's creator of Afrobeat. His appeal...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Imarhan

Imarhan

Another offshoot from the mighty Tinariwen tree, the five-piece known as Imarhan (Tamashek for ‘The Ones I Care About’) represent...

Reviewed in issue June/2016