Reviews
Neon Colonialismo
It's ten years since musical free radical Batida, aka Pedro Coquenão, exploded into my dance floor set with his Batida...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2022
In Concert
Kartik Seshadri & Anindo Chatterjee
Kartik Seshadri is probably the best sitar player of his generation and is considered a leading exponent of this most...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2010
2017
Born near Gao in northern Mali, Gobi certainly has an arresting voice. Her high-pitched, nasal timbre slices mercilessly through the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa
Those who read the recent debate in Songlines about global hip-hop and share a fear that the ubiquity of rap...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
King Jammy's Selector's Choice Vol 2
King Jammy, Jamaican DJ and producer, began his career under the tutelage of dub legend King Tubby before setting up...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Quest
Although dwelling in Berlin, the Out of Nations six-piece soon discovered that each of them had passports for different countries,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2018
Sigh of the Moor
This simply gorgeous self-released album from intriguing UK-based crew the Jadid Ensemble, based in north-west England, leaves you wanting to...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Sounds of the East
A surprising collection of field recordings and re-arrangements of traditional pieces, Sounds of the East follows on from Beronja's Sounds...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: June/2017
Singing Between the Lines
Two years after his CD and DVD live studio outing Ja s s i What Happened? comes a new release...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2012
Jazz and All That
You could treat the surprise success of the Sachal Studios Orchestra’s version of Dave Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’ either as a...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
