Reviews
Plight o’ Sheep
It's a powerful, muscular sound that characterises the new release from the intrepid Scots trio. Hard to believe it has...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2023
KAL
Billed as a ‘companion piece’ to 2022's KALAK, which earned a Songlines Music Award for what we called its ‘urgent,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023
Motewolonuwok
When Jeremy Dutcher released his first opus, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, in 2018, very few people outside the classical world had heard...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: November/2023
Tusona: Tracings in the Sand
Mokoomba are back at last, six years on from their last album Luyando and ten years after winning a Songlines...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2023
Mutations
Ever since 2017's Tribal Match found its way onto Kampala's dancefloors, Faizal Mostrixx has been a driving force on Uganda's...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023
Manual de Romería
For some years now, Rodrigo Cuevas has been living in a little village in Asturias, retreating from contact with big...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2024
Rincon de las Penas
The Río de la Plata has a long tradition of meditative guitar music. It’s informed by the mestizo traditions of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
Aguidavi do Jêje
Slaves from present-day Nigeria, Benin and Togo brought Candomblé to Bahia (Brazil) where it thrived, developing into Afro-Brazilian ceremonies performed...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2024
Süeda Sings Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu: an unconventional contemporary female public figure in Turkey, for half a century she commented with her songs on...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: May/2024
