The sepia-tinted cover shots and period costumes provide a visual counterpart to the title of this album, the second by...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Right from the opening track, ‘Woyoyoye’, a slice of the Afro-pop perfection Daby Touré is known for, it is clear...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Zambia lies geographically between Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo and is one of the musically less prolific countries...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
London Afrobeat Collective are a ten-piece ensemble that bring a taste of Lagos to the UK's capital. Their new album...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
This is the second album from a remarkable collaboration between African and Scandinavian musicians. The name Monoswezi is an amalgamation...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
The endongo is an eight-stringed lyre from the area around the Great Lakes in East Africa. Joel Sebunjo has performed...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
Born in Guinea-Conakry, singer and percussionist Amara Touré wandered peripatetically across West African music for 20 or so years –...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers
He died in Lagos 40 years ago and his heyday on London's music scene is a good 50 years in...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band
This is a new recording of old-school highlife and Afrobeat from one of Ghana's great vocalists, backed by a scorching...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
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