Reviews

Respect

Zangwana

Zangwana describe themselves as an Afro-disco group and on the song ‘I’m Zangwana’ (the only song sung in English) they...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Zoy Zoy

Tal National

It would be unfair to say that our taste for the Touareg blues style known as assouf, pioneered by Tinariwen...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Pace of Mind

Slang & Purbayan Chatterjee

Continuing to incorporate new sounds into their experimental jazz, the award-winning Belgian trio Slang have teamed up with sitar prodigy...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Womama

Djeli Moussa Condé

Hailing from Guinea, living in Paris and with spiritual roots in Mali and Gambia, Djeli Moussa Condé's experience is one...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Ora Doci Ora Margos

Elida Almeida

Who is Elida Almeida? Across 2015, many other music lovers will ask the same question. That is because this, the...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Kodhi: Trevor Warren's Adventures with Ayub Ogada

Ayub Ogada

In the late 80s Ayub Ogada was one of the great ‘discoveries’ of WOMAD. His 1993 album En Mana Kuoyo...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

The Flood

The Lyre Ensemble

In 2003 the harpist Andy Lowings set about creating a playable replica of the earliest known stringed instrument, the Gold...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

From Kinshasa

Mbongwana Star

When the much-lauded Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili imploded in early 2013, at the height of their global fame, that...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Farima

Bamba Wassoulou Groove

Anyone seeking pure guitar energy and signs of a healthy musical revival in Bamako need look no further. Led by...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Ibeyi

Ibeyi

This is a curious and promising album from twin sisters working under the long shadow of their father Anga Díaz....

Reviewed in issue July/2015