Reviews
Sum // Parts
Toronto-based composer and percussionist Jani's debut album is aptly named, as sum is the Hindi-Urdu word for that vital beat...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023
Irish Rock’n’Roll
‘Well here I am from Paddy’s Land,’ sings Charles Hendy in the opening line of ‘The Bauld O’Donoghue’, the first...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2023
Soga Jamailé
Sweden has proved to be a fertile home in exile for many African musicians, among them the Sudanese singer and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Solen Var Bättre Där
When I reviewed Ævestaden’s 2021 debut album Ingen Mere Gråter in Songlines #176 (April 2022), I described their music as...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2023
Ultrabelleza
This first full-length album by Spanish singer-songwriter María José Llergo offers further proof of her versatile reimagining of traditional flamenco,...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: December/2023
Originali
Orkestar Kriminal’s evolution reaches a highpoint with Originali, their first album of entirely original compositions. Renowned for their renditions of...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: June/2024
Memoria de los Cantes Flamencos – Vol 1
Part of a five-set anthology, presenting 71 different flamenco palos, this first volume covers 12 palos, some taking their inspiration...
Reviewed by Thérèse Wassily Saba in issue: August/2024
No Reino dos Afetos 2
For his second outing Berle, now relocated to São Paulo from his home state of Alagoas, has once more co-produced...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024
Troubadour
Singer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master hummer dulcimer and psaltery player, Dorothy Carter is getting a posthumous reappraisal of late....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2024
