Reviews
Kamana
Now here's an odd one. Carlos Casas is a Spanish-born filmmaker and artist whose work encompasses film, sound and visual...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021
Wired and Layered
Sinan Cem Eroğlu is considered somewhat of a veteran – despite only being in his 30s – with several albums...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020
Hard Times Never Kill
In much the same way as the late guitarist Ronnie Moipolai from Botswana, the blind guitarist and singer Daniel Gonora...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2022
Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Two
Brighton's estimable Mr Bongo label started its record club as an opportunity to air obscure vinyl finds from its crate-digging...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Immigrants
When Songlines interviewed Nitin Sawhney in October 2019, he discussed the 20th anniversary of his landmark 1999 album Beyond Skin...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021
Ceremonial
Ceremonial is the second album from Masaaki Yoshida, a Tokyo-born electronic musician who currently resides in London. This release has...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: April/2016
Fado Tango
Cristina Branco is a conceptualist. Each of her albums, ever since 2003's debut Sensus, approaches fado according to a vision,...
Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Trova
Marta Topferova is an exciting example of a new generation of musician-composers as adept in Caribbean and South American music...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2010
The Singer of Tales
The sevdah of the western Balkans, especially associated with Bosnia and Herzegovina occupies a space between folk and art music,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2020
Mzansi
For his latest release, South African flautist Wouter Kellerman offers up a blend of music from around the world –...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
