Reviews
What to Do, How to Live?
Swiss resident Lana Kostić is a cellist trained in Western Art Music, a member of the Bosnian diaspora, an experimenter...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2023
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
Lettres Ouverts Aux…
This is the 25th anniversary of both Lounès Matoub's assassination and the original release of this, his final album, and...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow 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
When We Fly
Hartwin Dhoore and his younger brother, Ward, are a duo from Rodeland in Belgium. They take their name, Siger, from...
Reviewed by Julian May 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
