Reviews
Kopolo
The charming tropical rainforest recordings of this Cameroonian pygmy group have won them quite a fanbase. Unfortunately, this latest instalment...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013
Amandla
Zimbabwean singer Shelter Matshelela presents us here with an archetypal bubblegum (township pop) album brim-full of happy, head-nodding tunes. Matshelela...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2018
Agora
Since her acclaimed 2000 debut, Tanto Tempo, reimagined bossa nova with a brilliant contemporary electronic twist, Gilberto’s career has followed...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
De Platino
This Belgium-based band take their name (meaning ‘the bodysnatcher’) from a novel by Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguay's most celebrated fiction-writer....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2014
Libraries on Fire
Since Songlines first championed the South African guitarist Derek Gripper following his 2012 album One Night on Earth, his transpositions...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016
Femmina
The vocalist and clarinettist Gera Bertolone hails from Sicily, and here puts together an album of original songs which blend...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: January/2025
Idrache (Traces of the Past)
With the members of Tinariwen scattered around southern Algeria while they take refuge from the political unrest in Mali ,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2025
Griais
Named after her home village on Lewis in the Western Isles, Griais is Mackenzie’s first solo album. It’s a bright...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
