Reviews
For the Olives
With For the Olives, New Orleans-based Trendafilka extends the legacy of Eastern European polyphonic singing into the 21st century. An...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2025
Vol 2
The Awesome Tapes from Africa label started by reissuing Vol 3 by Malian singer Nahawa in 2011, and followed it...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: February/March/2025
Suenan Las Trompetas
Self-described ‘artist, musician, writer, explorer of himself and transcendence,’ Ricardo Jacob is a producer, composer and veteran of the progressive...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Väder
My first hearing of Väder was on Swedish Radio, the sound of a fiddle duo stopping me in my tracks...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: February/March/2025
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
