Reviews
Ikivirta
Finnish-French composer Sarah Palu chose to release this, her debut, as a download code hidden within a bar of vegan...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2020
Africa Caribe
To inject some life into their catalogue of 4,000 albums, the current owners of Fania Records turned over master tapes...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011
Jewish Folksongs from the Shtetl
Olga Mieleszczuk is a classically trained Polish singer and accordionist. In recent years she has focused on Yiddish and Jewish...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Knock Knock Get Up
These days the indie-folk gimmick is so over-used that it's easy to dismiss any band that daims to have folk/roots...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2013
Egoli
All aboard Damon Albarn's exhilarating Africa Express again, this time bound for Johannesburg. Albarn travelled to South Africa last year...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Salsa Bestial
The brief but intense number ‘Macabiónico’ gives a good idea of what to expect from Puerto Rica’s finest: solid hardcore...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2013
Salsa Brothers
Hot on the heels of DJ Lubi Jovanovic's recent compilation for Nascente, Salsa Funk Experience (reviewed in Songlines #75), comes...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2011
Ainda Há Tempo
Criolo had already been rapping at events around São Paulo for many years before he released his debut, Ainda Há...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2017
Tsara Madagasikara
Here is the long awaited return of one of Madagascar's most loved musicians, valiha (bamboo zither) master and multi-instrumentalist Samoela...
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: October/2010
