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Review of Little Hammam

Little Hammam

Temenik Electric

Nomad Café

Rating: ★★★★

When Songlines reviewed Ouesh Hada?, the 2013 debut album from Temenik Electric, we suggested it would be thrilling to hear...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022

Review of Recanto

Recanto

Gal Costa

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Almost half a century after Gal Costa first teamed up with him, Recanto sees Caetano Veloso taking her back to...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012

Review of Kinshasa One Two

Kinshasa One Two

DRC Music

Warp Records

Rating: ★★★★

Damon Albarn is famous for breaking down musical barriers and exploring new ways in which music¬ians can work together –...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of So Far We Have Come

So Far We Have Come

Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary

Top of the World

Penny Fiddle Records

Rating: ★★★★

English multi-instrumentalist Elliott teams up with Egyptian oud player Elazhary on this absorbing and beautiful set combining the folk cultures...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Toc de Crida

Toc de Crida

Toc de Crida

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Every musician that picks up on tradition sooner or later must decide whether they try to stay true to an...

Reviewed by Goncalo Frota in issue: April/2024

Review of Shapes of the Fall

Shapes of the Fall

Piers Faccini

Top of the World

Nø Førmat!/Beating Drum

Rating: ★★★★

Close to two decades ago painter, poet and musical polymath, Piers Faccini, released his solo debut on Label Bleu. Since...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021

Review of Kiteky

Kiteky

Electric Vocuhila

Another Record/Capsul Records

Rating: ★★★★

This latest album from the French four-piece Electric Vocuhila, comes hot on the heels of a residency spent in Madagascar...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: December/2022

Review of Storied Sounds

Storied Sounds

Tuulikki Bartosik

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Accordionist and composer Tuulikki Bartosik made quite an impression with her previous album, Chatterbox, with Hannah James. Her latest project,...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016

Review of Where the Gods are in Peace

Where the Gods are in Peace

Antibalas

Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★★

Brooklyn's Antibalas have been releasing Afrobeat records for nearly two decades and their latest effort is an exemplary demonstration of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017

Review of Circadian

Circadian

Manu Delago

Top of the World

One Little Indian

Rating: ★★★★

Last year's Parasol Peak release (a Top of the World review in #143) was a milestone in Manu Delago's career....

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019

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