Reviews
Il Sesto Continente
La Banda di Piazza Caricamento
Though based in Genoa, La Banda di Piazza Caricamento is only Italian by location. The 12 members represent 12 nationalities...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015
Voices of the Sani
This debut presents a fusion of pop and traditional folk music of the Sani people from south-western China's Yunnan province....
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: June/2020
The Gospel Album
Gurrumul, the blind indigenous Australian vocalist, has achieved remarkable international success with his soft folk-pop music. While he sings in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads
With planet Earth facing myriad apocalypse-inducing crises, Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads, is a timely project....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
Made in Africa
The KutiMangoes started with a simple musical goal in mind: Fela Kuti meets Charles Mingus. Such giants in their field...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017
The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa
Those who read the recent debate in Songlines about global hip-hop and share a fear that the ubiquity of rap...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
Terre de Mon Poème
Behind the enigmatic stage names and identities of French singer Emilie Hanak lies a girl exploring her multiple roots through...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
