The 19th May 2017 saw the release of Mogoya (check our review), Grammy award-winning Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré’s seventh album. Her...
Interviews
She rarely visits and performs in London, but when she does, she’s always keen to bring the Caribbean sun and...
Before learning to walk and talk, Luzmira Zerpa was already singing… well, maybe that’s not literally what happened, but since...
Among the dozens of bands that claim to play some unclassifiable music, Melt Yourself Down are probably one of the...
Mokoomba are the biggest band in Zimbabwe, achieving global recognition, with their breakthrough album Rising Tide. Five years on, with...
K.O.G & the Zongo Brigade is Afro-fusion in the truest sense of the word: “you can call us Afrofusionists! Think...
There is a time proven bond between music and reincarnation, of birth and rebirth, and of historical ancestry (Aztec soldiers,...
King Ayisoba, as his name states, is the king of Ghanaian music. He plays his sacred kologo, a two-stringed wooden...
In a world of “acceptable musical nihilism”, Clinton Fearon is a citizen-musician, in the ideal sense of the word. He...
Following a successful tour in 2015, the Yamato Drummers of Japan returned to the UK this spring, ditching the blossoming cherry...
Nicola Cruz is to put it simply, a fantastic musician. In my humble opinion, his music speaks of more than...
They’re provocative, refreshing and as their Swahili name suggests, they love to reach people, connect with them and share their...