Reviews

Rather than heading back into the studio to record a successor to 'Fatou', Fatoumata Diawara opted for a collaborative project with Roberto Fonseca, a Cuban pianist she met at the New Morning jazz club in Paris.

'Colors Of Brazil', distributed by Tumi Music, is in fact a reissue of two albums by Brazilian band Cabruêra; both 'Visagem' (2009) and 'Nordeste Oculto' (2013) appeared on the Nikita Music label.

For TwoManTing (not to be confused with Two Man Sound, one of the numerous projects by musical centipede Lou Deprijck) Jah-man Aggrey and Jon Lewis join forces.

For years Serbian singer and multi-instrumentalist Igor Vince toured with well-known world music stars like Fatoumata Diawara, Tony Allen or Femi Kuti, but in 2011 he decided to start focusing on a career of his own.

Even though Trinidadian singjay Verse iTal (born Stefan Wilson) has already been musically active since 2008, his career really gained momentum after his victory at the most recent edition of the BeneluXXL Reggae Contest.

Yours truly discovered Sr.

'The French Sessions' is one of those releases with a title that already says it all.

Monoswezi is an African-European formation with members from Norway, Sweden and Mozambique, Zimbabwe; take the first two letters of each country and you get: Monoswezi! A central place Monoswezi's sound is reserved for the mbira of Hope Masika, who, for her lyrics, draws on traditional folk songs from Shona culture.

For what is already their tenth long player, Morgan Heritage ended their longstanding relationship with VP Records and established their own CTBC (Cool To Be Conscious) label.

On 'Envie', the 2012 debut EP by Sens Unique, their "world folk rock à la française" hinted at genres like folk, tango and even reggae, and that recipe is continued on 'Am'bras', the band's first full-fledged album.