Reviews

'Same Situation' is the album debut of Lion Heights, a four-piece band that was founded in Chicago back in 2013, but since have moved on to Austin, Texas.

'Mother Nature' is the long player debut of They Must Be Crazy, a sixteen-piece Portuguese afrobeat ensemble composed of musicians who already earned their spurs performing with acts like Tabanka Djaz, Sara Tavares, Selma Uamusse, Voodoo Marmalade and Pás de Problème.

Israeli band Jewish Monkeys prefer to describe their sound as: "Yiddisch music meets The Marx Brothers!".

With 'Give Thanks', the third volume in their Iroko showcase series, the French label also finally provided Vin Morgan with a debut album.

Seven years after his "comeback album" 'The Rebirth', Pablo Moses returns with 'The Itinuation', for which he joined forces with Groundation front man Harrison Stafford (who also features in title track 'The Itinuation').

Seven years ago Scottish-Indian Soom T made her long player debut with the Jahtari produced 'Ode 2 A Carrot', a musical ode to herb, and with 'Ode To A Karrot', the singer now presents a sort of of sequel in the form of an album full of remixes and new vocals.

Little more than a year after the release of her debut EP 'Deliverance', Marla Brown returns with this six track successor.

Franco-Portuguese singer Rod Anton returns with 'Ubatuba', named after a village on Brazil's south-eastern coast, where he claims to have lost his heart.

For the successor of their acclaimed 2015 debut, 'Music In Exile', the foursome making up Songhoy Blues took to London's The Pool studio to record 'Résistance'.

On this successor for 2015's 'Djamila', Mamadou Kelly's recipe - classic Mali-blues - has remained largely unchanged, but what sets 'Politiki' somewhat apart from its predecessor is the fact that for this album Kelly extended his band Ban Kai Na with four American musicians: steel guitar player Cindy Cashdollar, percussionist Susie Ibarra, Daniel Littleton (guitarist with indie-rock band Ida) and bassist Jake Silver.