Reviews

Engurland (City Shanties)

Dizraeli

Rowan Sawday, aka Dizraeli, is a Brighton based slam poet, rapper and folkish songwriter whose Engurland (City Shanties) mixes urban...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Fire Away

Ozomatli

There are those who rate Ozomatli as the best live band in the world. To be sure, the vibe this...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Roya

Liraz

Persian/Israeli singer Liraz was a Songlines cover star in 2020 courtesy of her sophomore album Zan, a border-busting work in...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022

Bye Bye Bayou

Mama Rosin

‘ We have outgrown our Cajun/zydeco roots’ declare Mama Rosin in the press blurb that came with the valedictorially titled...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

We Will Sing

Fred & Richard Kiwat

From the folks who brought us veteran Thursday Island songman Seaman Dan, come two new voices from the Torres Strait...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012

Bamako Moon

Invisible System

So-called reality is warped on Bamako Moon, as Dan Harper, otherwise known as Invisible System, reconfigures core material from his...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2021

Bet

AndraLaMoussia

Bet is the second offering from Jerusalem-based world music fusion band AndraLaMoussia. Both the album title and the band name...

Reviewed by Barry Davis in issue: March/2012

Prisoner

Lucky Dube

There have been many fine reggae artists to come out of Africa since Bob Marley played in Zimbabwe in 1980...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025

Dalinda

Dalinda

The a capella group Dalinda is made up of three Hungarian singers – Johanna Orbán, Julianna Paár and Sára Timár....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2018

The Red Book

Penguin Cafe

The tracks ‘Aurora’ and ‘1420’ from the second album by Arthur Jeffes’ Penguin Cafe were beamed into space as part...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014