Reviews
Old Tire Swingers
Aside from a Facebook page, on which they good-naturedly promote other bands playing good-time music in and around their hometown...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2013
KAL
Billed as a ‘companion piece’ to 2022's KALAK, which earned a Songlines Music Award for what we called its ‘urgent,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023
Ögbelerim – Music for My Ancestors
Batsükh Dorj comes from a continuous but little known and recorded tradition of Tuvan music in the far north west...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2023
Kafilah Nights: Malay-Arabic Variations from 1960s Indonesia
M Mashabi & His Kelana Ria Orchestra
This collection is a precious insight into the music scene of 1960s Indonesia. Formed by Adi Karso and Munif Bahasuan,...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: January/February/2024
Digital Indigenous 07: Why Not
This is the seventh instalment in the 1000HZ series which spotlights local producers –predominantly from Malawi – working with rudimentary...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: September/2024
Our Boys Are Doing It
Dennis Mpale (feat Kippie Moketsi)
First issued locally in 1977, Our Boys Are Doing It was trumpeter Dennis Mpale’s first solo album, although by then...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
RAIO
Brazilian producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Felipe Puperi delivers sonic gold on his third album as Tagua Tagua. Released via Brooklyn’s...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2025
Cigala & Tango
Tango and flamenco have elemental, thematic, tonal and rhythmic differences due to their entirely separate, and exceptional, cultural histories. On...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
