Reviews
Deja
Their first full-length release since 2017’s Ayo, Colombian hybrid-beat band Bomba Estéreo’s new album Deja was produced in Santa Marta,...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
El Coro de Mi Gente
All the tracks of this album – Amparanoia's ninth – feature a big-name guest from the Hispanic music world, including...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018
Cause ‘N Affect
Born of a Tongan father and a Kamilaroi Aboriginal mother, Sydney-based singer David Leha had a troubled childhood, and wound...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015
Kuşların Çağrısı (Call of the Birds)
Many of Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat's projects have been reviewed in Songlines. I came across the honeyed melancholy of her...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2017
Mi Alegria
Eclectic composer and musician Itamar Erez's new album Mi Alegria (My Happiness) weaves a scintillating journey incorporating a vast array...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: November/2019
Day by Day
At 83 years old, Blake is poised to take his place in the Americana pantheon. In the 1960s he made...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2022
Long Story Short
The cello has never featured very prominently in jazz. Bass player Oscar Pettiford is probably the best known (occasional) cellist...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2019
