Reviews
Gharbí
This album has a strongly conceptual quality to it. Belmonte imagines himself journeying between Andalucía and Arabia with the purpose...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: February/March/2025
Fermentation
Followers of northern English underground sounds may be interested to find another psychedelic offering featuring a shahi bajaa – an...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/March/2025
Here and Now (Live at City Club)
Walid Ben Selim, from Casablanca, started out as a rapper, most notably leading contemporary Arabic-language band N3rdistan, but since then...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: January/2025
Dankoroba
Dankoroba is Mali-born, Montréal-based Djely Tapa’s solid follow-up to 2021’s Barokan (reviewed in Songlines #164). Daughter of the venerable singer...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/2025
In Winter
A winter album has been on the to-do list of this brilliantly inventive art-folk ensemble for a decade and a...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: January/2025
Seiras
Finnish piano and harmonium virtuoso Timo Alakotila and the illustrious Tokyo-based accordionist Yuka Fujino unite in Seiras, a captivating blend...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: January/2025
Carnatic Nomad
This very effective album comes from Karnatak violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, ably supported by BC Manjunath on mridangam (barrel drum) and...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2024
Kiho’alu: Stories in Song, Vol 1
How delightful to have a new album from Dancing Cat Records. Founded by George Winston in the early 80s, this...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2024
100% Sahara Guitar
Etran de l’Aïr’s job is to make people move, playing at the weddings of the working-class Touareg of Agadez, Niger....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2024
