Reviews
Capitalist Blues
A Songlines favourite since her days with Carolina Chocolate Drops, McCalla's solo debut Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2019
Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground
Weirdlore is a tag conceived by fRoots magazine editor Ian Anderson to describe a disparate collection of artists and bands...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Future Sound of Ukraine: Borsh Division
As Vlad Trotsky, theatre director and conceptual genius behind DakhaBrakha, once put it: ‘Old Europe is tired and cynical and...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2016
Mouasalat Ila Jacad el Ard
Largely unknown outside a small group of Arabic record collectors, Lebanese artist Issam Hajali's debut is finally getting the release...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: March/2020
Stop Yu Loafin
Part of the original series that helped launch London's Greensleeves record label, the 1978 album Stop Yu Loafin has only...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Astrakan Project
This album has nothing, as far as one can tell, to do with the town on the Caspian Sea or...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013
Kasahwa: Early Singles
An integral part of the chimurenga revolution spearheaded by Thomas Mapfumo during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, Stella Chiweshe recorded these eight...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018
Legend
The Bulgarian Voices Angelite with Huun-Huur-Tu & Moscow Art Trio
With a Bulgarian female choir, Tuvan throat singers and hand-picked musicians from Moscow, you get some spectacular sounds and textures...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
El Curruchá
Eliana Cuevas feat Aquiles Báez
Venezuelan-Canadian singer-songwriter Eliana Cuevas has a stirring, see-through voice, perfect for communicating the nostalgia and warmth she feels for her...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2021
On The Road Again
Begun as a Bob Marley tribute band back in 1997, Katchafire have long flown the flag for Kiwi roots-reggae. Based...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
