The South African pianist Ndikho Xaba was 30 years old when he sought exile in the US in 1964. He...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Ganda Boys are two Ugandans and an American based in the UK. This is the group's third album and –...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Most listeners will probably have first encountered the Senegalese singer Amadou Diagne on a 2012 set in World Music Network's...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Here's a second album from Mamadou Kelly, a guitarist and singer from the Malian area of Goundam and Niafunke –...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Two Man Ting is a Bristol-based duo who have been plugging away at the festival circuit. Jon Lewis and Jah-Man...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
This is an album of powerful instrumental jazz, based on the ancient traditional music of the Dagaare tribe and Guo...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
As the album's title suggests, there's a marked Nigerian Afrobeat feel to this Benin crew's latest, as well as a...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Once music goes out of its 50-year copyright, open season follows on the reissues market. Two issues ago I reviewed...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
In the latter part of his life the singer Amadou Balaké, who passed away in August 2014, was a prominent...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
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