Reviews
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil
Taking a liberal approach to what defines psychedelic music, this latest offering from Rough Guides takes slightly ‘out there’ tracks...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
They Found Asylum in the Sea
The seven-piece UK Afrobeat collective Sea Slugs have self-released three albums in four years since they formed in 2013. The...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017
Eadarainn a’ Chruit: Between Us the Harp
Marshalsay’s second album focuses on the three different harps of Scotland (the lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach from the Gaelic...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2026
Rough Guide to Salsa Dance
Just how much juice is there left to squeeze from the salsa market? Tons, if the recent assembly line of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
The Kankobela of the Batonga Volume 2
The kankobela is a smaller version of the more well-known mbira (thumb piano) of Zimbabwe’s Shona people. The people of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2012
Rivers: From the Congo to the Mississippi
A veteran soukous guitarist from the DRC, Siama Matuzungidi played on local hits by the likes of Kanda Bongo Man,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
Speaking to Songlines in 2021, Irish folk singer John Francis Flynn described his debut album, I Would Not Live Always,...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: December/2023
Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
Civilistjävel! x Mayssa Jallad
Originally recorded in 2023, Mayssa Jallad’s Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels is a sonic reimagining of a five-month battle...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel/Palestine
Leon Rosselson, Reem Kelani & Janet Russell
I seem to have been emotionallyinvolved with the Israel/Palestine conflict for most of my life’, explains satirist and political singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Moreland’s Ball
Melbourne ensemble The Woohoo Revue are one of those groups that’s impossible to categorise. Most would call them a ‘Gypsy’...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
