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Review of Abale Ndikuwuzeni

Abale Ndikuwuzeni

Gasper Nali

Spare Dog Records

Rating: ★★★★

Let's start by introducing Gasper Nali's instrument, which is known as a babatoni. Once seen, it's never forgotten. It is...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of The Traveller

The Traveller

Baaba Maal

Top of the World

Marathon Artists

Rating: ★★★★

Since 2001's acoustic set Missing You (Mi Yeewnii), Baaba's only new studio album in 15 years has been 2009's Television,...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Aw Sa Yone Vol 2

Aw Sa Yone Vol 2

Dieuf-Dieul de Thies

Teranga Beat

Rating: ★★★★

In the early 1980s in the city of Thies in Senegal, a group recorded approximately two-and-a-half hours of music that...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Live in Paris

Live in Paris

Tinariwen

Wedge Records

Rating: ★★★★

For a while, it seemed that the world's favourite desert blues sultans had lost their swing. Their performance at the...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Pre’volution: Le Président, ma Moto et Moi

Pre’volution: Le Président, ma Moto et Moi

Smockey

Top of the World

Out Here Records

Rating: ★★★★

In October 2014, the people of Burkina Faso took to the streets to demand the removal of Blaise Compaoré, the...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of To Those of Earth… And Other Worlds

To Those of Earth… And Other Worlds

Sun Ra and His Arkestra

Strut Records 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

Sun Ra was one of the most prolific musicians of all time, releasing over 100 LPs under a plethora of...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Five Classic Albums

Five Classic Albums

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Tuff Gong/Universal Music 5 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

The year-long celebrations for what would have been Bob Marley's 70th birthday have seen a steady stream of activity, crowned...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Impredecible

Impredecible

Bareto

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

After plugging away through various stylistic incarnations, from the ska of their debut to the guitar-based cumbia of their subsequent...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Senegal 70

Senegal 70

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

This trip back in time – some 40 years – is all courtesy of Analog Africa's crate-digger extraordinaire, Samy Ben...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Review of AntroPOPhagia

AntroPOPhagia

Beatriz Azevedo

Biscoito Fino

Rating: ★★★

Beatriz Azevedo is a Brazilian Renaissance woman. A celebrated poet, writer and anthropologist, she's also a composer and a bosom...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

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