Reviews

Review of Bokani Dyer: Radio Sechaba

Bokani Dyer: Radio Sechaba

Ndabo Zulu | Keenan Ahrends | Linda Sikhakhane | Sthembiso Bhengu | Tendai Shoko | Lwanda Gogwana | Bokani Dyer | Al Dirt Du Toit | Shane Cooper | Steve Dyer

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★

Bokani Dyer has been an important part of the newest wave of South African artists to add to the country’s...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Kokoroko: Could We Be More

Kokoroko: Could We Be More

Duane Atherley | Sheila Maurice-Grey | Richie Seivwright | Yohan Kebede | Cassie Kinoshi | Tobi Adenaike-Johnson | Ayo Salawu | Onome Edgeworth

Editor's Choice

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★★

Becoming a household (jazz) name before you’ve even released a debut album is no mean feat - but by virtue...

Reviewed in issue August/2022

Review of Various Artists: Indaba Is…

Various Artists: Indaba Is…

Bokani Dyer | The Wretched | iPhupho L'ka Biko | Lwanda Gogwana | The Brother Moves On | Thandi Ntuli | Sibusile Xaba

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★★

The Zulu and Xhosa peoples of South Africa define an indaba as an important conference or consultation. An apt title,...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of Zara McFarlane: Songs of an Unknown Tongue

Zara McFarlane: Songs of an Unknown Tongue

Zara McFarlane

Editor's Choice

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★★

Musically, lyrically, conceptually, in any number of ways Zara McFarlane's fourth studio album Songs of an Unknown Tongue is a...

Reviewed in issue August/2020

Review of Various Artists: Gilles Peterson Presents: MV4

Various Artists: Gilles Peterson Presents: MV4

Niles ‘Asheber’ Hailstones | Fatima | Nubya Garcia | Hak Baker | Pete Cunningham | James Mollison | Mutale Chashi | Ishmael Ensemble | Dylan Jones | Marijus Aleksa

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★

A Gilles Peterson radio session at the BBC's Maida Vale studio went past its broadcast remit in 2018, as a...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of Kassa Overall: I Think I'm Good

Kassa Overall: I Think I'm Good

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★

If you crossed Thundercat and Robert Wyatt it might sound something like Kassa Overall, an inventive Brooklyn-based rapper/ vocalist/drummer/producer grappling...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Review of Maisha: There Is A Place

Maisha: There Is A Place

Yahael Camara-Onono | Amané Suganami | Johanna Burnheart | Nubya Garcia | Shirley Tetteh | Maria Zofia Osuchowska | Axel Kaner-Lindstrom | Tim Doyle | Jake Long | Tom Oldfield

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★★

Maisha brings together some of the stars of the young London jazz scene under the leadership of drummer and composer...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Review of Various Artists: We Out Here

Various Artists: We Out Here

Nubya Garcia | Ezra Collective | Theon Cross | Triforce | Moses Boyd | Featuring Maisha | Kokoroko | Shabaka Hutchings | Joe Armon-Jones

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★

A timely overview of the part of the young London jazz scene grown through channels such as Tomorrow’s Warriors and...

Reviewed in issue March/2018

Review of Zara McFarlane: Arise

Zara McFarlane: Arise

Zara McFarlane | Moses Boyd | Shabaka Hutchings | Peter Edwards

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★

Heavily inspired by a trip to Jamaica, home of her parents, this album marks another key stage in McFarlane's artistic...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Review of Various Artists: Brownswood 10 Versions

Various Artists: Brownswood 10 Versions

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★

This anthology celebrating a decade of Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label is a vinyl-only offering that includes covers by label star...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

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