Reviews
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
Biama
This Garifuna group is based at the Lebeha Drumming Center in Hopkins Village, Belize, which opened in 2003 with the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2023
Chapter I: Forever, For Now
Anoushka Shankar’s last significant release, Love Letters, released in 2020 on Mercury Classics, was a very personal collection of songs...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton 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
Hämärä
If you see the name Eero Grundström (Sväng, Suistamon Sähkö) on any release, go for it. It’ll be a bit...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2023
Timba a la Americana
No messing around for Harold López-Nussa; it's all courses served at once with ‘Funky’, an irrepressible display of groove and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
Pata de Perra
Laso, a key figure in contemporary Argentine tango, teams up with producer Aldo ‘Macha’ Asenjo of Chilean cumbia outfit Chico...
Reviewed by Charis McGowan in issue: January/February/2024
