Reviews
Foxlight
It's taken the County Cork-born former Afro Celts singer six years to follow up his staggeringly visceral Invisible Fields, which...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011
Indiens Des Plaines: Chants et Danses de Cérémonie et de Guerre
Capturing the aural magnificence of a pow wow is always going to be hard; the sight and sound of circles...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014
Edge of the Sun
The music of Joey Burns and John Convertino, Calexico's core members, has long explored the Tex-Mex sounds of the cactus-strewn...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2015
M'berra
In 2018 the Italian producer Khalab – aka Raffaele Costantino – released the wildly acclaimed Black Noise 2084, an album...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021
Breaking the Thermometer
The American-Haitian singer and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla, who made her name with Carolina Chocolate Drops, won a Songlines Music Award...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
Through the Eyes of the Sun
Bulgarian singer Gergana Dimitrova will be familiar to many as a member of the women’s vocal ensemble, the Eva Quartet....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2014
Captain Rugged
Captain Rugged purports to be the sound of a man on a mission, with Nigerian Afro-rock musician Keziah Jones adopting...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2014
Journey Through Latin America
Much like tributes and electronica cover albums, classical celebrations of other genres are liable to prompt highly musical yawns or...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2013
