Reviews
Brazil: Sambossica 3
There is so much exciting music coming out of Brazil right now. However you wouldn’t think so from Sambossica 3....
Reviewed by DJ Cliffy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Chant Amazigh
Even devoted followers of Algerian music may find the name Majid Soula rings no bells – thankfully, the latest (number...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022
Ghetto Blasters
And so the part) goes on. It seems hard to believe that Romanian Gypsy firebrands MRB have only been around...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Tempo
It’s eight years since the release of Costa Félix’s last disc. Admittedly, his previous album, Fados de Amor, was a...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: December/2020
Color de Trópico
The mining of South America's lost music archives continues apace, seemingly unimpeded by anything new and exciting. This vinyl, compiled...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2021
Holts and Hovers
Three Cane Whale comprise Spiro member Alex Vann, Get The Blessing’s trumpeter Pete Judge and guitarist Paul Bradley of the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Frigya
Imed Alibi is a Tunisian percussionist with a curious mind. Not content to take the predictable path, his two previous...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2022
Birl-esque
Birl – meaning to dance or, in relation to the fiddle, a rapid percussive shivering of the bow – is...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2018
Saath Saath
Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia
It is barely nine months since Chatterjee earned a three-page feature in Songlines (December 2021, #173) for his splendid album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022
