Nialler9 — While Mumford & Sons wouldn’t be my favourite band by ANY stretch of the imagination, they have been using their status wisely with Ben Lovett having recently opened the Omeara venue in London, their involvement in Communion Music label and c... more info

Idolator — Mumford & Sons‘ new EP, Johannesburg, is a collaboration with Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, South African pop group Beatenberg and fellow Londoners The Very Best. The tracks were recorded in — you guessed it — Johannesburg, between shows on Mu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Travel issues with his band have forced the Senegalese singer-guitarist-percussionist to cancel. Continue reading… more info

NME — Christine and the Queens, Field Music and Gregory Porter also performed more info

NME — The South African recording features Baaba Maal, Beatenberg and The Very Best more info

Stereogum — Last year, the Very Best, the duo of singer Esau Mwamwaya and producer Johan Hugo, teased a new album by sharing the video for a new track called “Hear Me.” Today, the group announced that the new album is called Makes A King and that it’ll be ... more info

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Guardian Music — (Muziekpublique/Discovery)The finest African exile album of the year comes from two great Senegalese musicians now living in Belgium. Malick Pathé Sow is a singer, guitarist and exponent of the hoddu (the Senegalese n'goni), who moved to Europe in t... more info

Guardian Music — The Africa Express tour, featuring over 80 musicians including Damon Albarn and Baaba Maal, finished its epic tour of the UK by train with a gig at Granary Square in King's Cross in London. Among the special guests on the night was Sir Paul McCartney... more info

Guardian Music — As the Africa Express tour came to a riotous end, the crowd revelled in the barely controlled chaos of a show that brought the Womad spirit to the Twitter eraBefore a note of music has been played, this Africa Express gig can be considered something ... more info