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Review of Mabanzo

Mabanzo

Juanita Euka

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★

This bubbly singer jokes that she grew up ‘pretty much everywhere,’ and there are certainly a lot of influences present...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2022

Review of Safari Boots

Safari Boots

Safari Boots

Remarkable Records

Rating: ★★★

Safari Boots are a simple trio of guitar, bass and drums performing African guitar music with influences of predominantly Congolese...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Vamo a Gozá

Vamo a Gozá

Irka Mateo y La Tirindanga

Irka Mateo

Rating: ★★★★

Supported by the Grammy Foundation, Irka Mateo travelled around the Dominican Republic documenting genres, even bringing one, comarca, to the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2018

Review of The Fairest Flower of Womankind

The Fairest Flower of Womankind

Lindsay Straw

Lindsay Straw

Rating: ★★★

A native of Montana, a graduate of Berklee College of Music and a traditional balladeer, Lindsay Straw infuses familiar and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2017

Review of I Like it Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)

I Like it Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)

Pete Rodriguez

Craft Latino

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Pete Rodriguez is one of the pioneers of Nuyorican music – Puerto Rican musicians in New York City –...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2020

Review of Live at St George’s

Live at St George’s

O’Hooley & Tidow

No Masters

Rating: ★★★

One of British folk’s best-loved dynamic duos (and now with a baby son attached), O’Hooley and Tidow marked ten years...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021

Review of Pratibha

Pratibha

Nikhil Banerjee

Navras Records

Rating: ★★★★

One of 20th century India's truly great musicians, the Bengali sitar player Nikhil Banerjee, had an exceptional grasp of the...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2011

Review of Saigon Supersound Vol 3

Saigon Supersound Vol 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Saigon Supersound

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third and final volume in the Saigon Supersound series, covering the ‘Golden Era’ of south Vietnamese popular...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: April/2023

Review of Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s

Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

São Tomé and Príncipe isn't exactly known as a musical powerhouse nation – Songlines has only ever reviewed one other...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020

Review of Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Shadowside Records

Rating: ★★★★

At a time when there is a movement afoot to pardon the 4,000 or so women who found themselves at...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022

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