Reviews

With their mix of salsa, merengue, tango, hip-hop and reggae, the seven-piece French band Duende is reminiscent of Sergent Garcia (the salsa muffin of opener 'No Me Callare'), Argentine band Los Fabulossos Cadillacs ('Lapices The Colores') or the Mexicans of Maldita Vecindad ('Fuego').

Cameroonian singer-songwriter Henri Dikongue was born in Douala, Cameroon's main port city, but has been a resident of Besançon in the east of France for many years now.

Haiti is clearly hot at the moment, as only weeks after the release of Lakou Mizik's 'Wa DiYo', there's now this self-titled debut of Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra.

Even though outside of the US, he may not have the status he has in his home country, Rocker-T's career spans over three decades, quite enough to call the man a veteran.

In 2007, the Japanese Dub Store Records label released 'Graduation In Zion 1978 - 1980', the first volume of what was to be a three-part overview of the work of Kiddus I.

For 'Everlasting', their first album for VP Records, Raging Fyah took to Tuff Gong, where they collaborated with producer Llamar 'Riff Raff' Brown.

It had been a while since we last heard from the Strut Records label, but now there's 'Ave Africa', an anthology of the work of Tanzanian band Sunburst.

For their fifth long player, Californian band Rebelution once again joined forces with Michael Goldwasser's Easy Star Records label.

As the man behind Jamrock Vibez, Iregi 'Ital' Miller aka King Ital Rebel was responsible for numerous hit tunes of artists like Sizzla, Luciano, Lutan Fyah and Chezidek, but with 'Rebel Chant', he's now also releasing his personal long player debut.

London based Family Atlantica, the band around musical couple Jack Yglesias and Luzmira Zerpa, returns with a follow-up to their 2013 self-titled debut.