Reviews
Madíbá
It was always going to be a tough ask to follow up on Blick Bassy's seminal 2019 album 1958 (A...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2023
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
Lafz Bheege Hain – Words Drenched in Tears
Sufiscore is not just a record label but also a YouTube channel which has a huge following in Asia, particularly...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2023
Ögbelerim – Music for My Ancestors
Batsükh Dorj comes from a continuous but little known and recorded tradition of Tuvan music in the far north west...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2023
Mango
Helming Mo’ Horizons are two Hannoverian DJs and producers, Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark Wetzler, who have been plying their Euro-Brazilian...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2023
Habana-Bahia
The cities of Havana and Salvador are widely regarded as epicentres of Afro-Latin musical culture – at the head of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2023
Art Populaire
Two members of the prize-winning Québécois vocal group Le Vent du Nord — Nicolas Boulerice and Olivier Demers — are...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2023
