Reviews

We got to know Finnish accordionist Markku Lepistö as one half of duo Lepistö & Lehti, but on 'Solos' we only get to hear Markku's accordion.

After the excellent 2015 long player 'Intuitions', Joe Pilgrim & The Ligerians return with this possibly even more impressive sounding 'Step Out' EP.

Yours truly got to know Bournemouth-based British band Dubheart about four years ago with the release of their 'Mental Slavery' EP and dub counterpart 'Mental Slavery Dub'. For this 'Cool Under Pressure' album, the five piece band opted for the showcase format, with 7 vocal cuts each time followed by a dub version.

For 'Ghetto Cycle' the French O.B.F. Sound System joined forces with English MC Charlie P.

Soom T has never made a secret of the fact she's a devout Christian, but with the title of this new opus, 'Born Again', and some of the songs in the track list she now seems ready to take her faith to a musical level.

Who still remembers the time record companies put out vinyl records featuring only three or four songs (think Fela Kuti or in the reggae Ijahman Levi)? To do that in this day and age takes guts, but that's something South African BCUC or Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness certainly has got aplenty!

Herve Samb is a Senegalese guitarist, composer and producer who started his musical career performing in Dakar's club circuit. Samb was fascinated by Western blues and rock ever since he was a child, but when Belgian guitarist Pierre van Dormael crossed his path, with jazz a whole new musical universe opened up.

The Dutch Makkum Records label seems determined to map the entire Ghanaian kologo-movement, as after the compilation 'This Is Kologo Power!' and Atamina's solo debut 'Sycophantic Friends', they are now presenting debut album of Ayuune Ayirizeme Kantia Suley, better known as Ayuune Sule or just Sule.

The story of African Connection started back in 2016, when members of Danish band Junglelyd decided to accompany Ghanaian musician Atongo Zumba for a tour in his home country. The chemistry evolved from being on the road together and sharing the stage for a month, proved so strong, the Danes decided to turn it into a permanent project.

For Malagasy Guitar Masters, three generations of Malagasy guitar heroes joined forces: Teta, a genius from Toliaro specialized in the so-called tsapiky-style, Chrisanto Zama comes from that same province but is a generation younger, specializing in rodaringa, a very rhythmic style, and tsinjabey, Malagasy funeral music, and finally, Joël Rabesolo, the youngest of the bunch, nicknamed the Malagasy Jimi Hendrix.