Reviews
Soul Sok Séga: Séga Sounds from Mauritius 1973-1979
The international exposure of music from the Indian Ocean has, understandably, been dominated by the sounds of the huge island...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Baila Sahara Baila
Mariem Hassan & Vadiya Mint El Hanevi
This is the final album from one of the great voices of the Sahara: Mariem Hassan died in August 2015...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Le Dernier Empereur Bantou
Pierre Kwenders’ first full-length project is an electro-fused delight. Kwenders currently resides in Montreal but has Congolese heritage and his...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Abale Ndikuwuzeni
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
The Traveller
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
Aw Sa Yone Vol 2
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
Live in Paris
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
Pre’volution: Le Président, ma Moto et Moi
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
To Those of Earth… And Other Worlds
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
