Reviews
Healing Rituals
Syrian-French flautist Naïssam Jalal has been somewhat overlooked as a composer and bandleader, but with this album – her ninth!...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023
Talamanca
Antoine Loyer & Mégalodons malades
After the release of Rommelpot in January this year, Antoine Loyer is back a mere six months later with another...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: August/September/2023
Son of Africa
Flopping on release by Island Records in 1976 — the label too busy with reggae star Bob Marley to promote...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: August/September/2023
Plight o’ Sheep
It's a powerful, muscular sound that characterises the new release from the intrepid Scots trio. Hard to believe it has...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2023
200 Weeks Ago
There's something immediately recognisable about the VOŁOSI sound. The Polish group is all strings and they’re played tightly and rhythmically...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
KAL
Billed as a ‘companion piece’ to 2022's KALAK, which earned a Songlines Music Award for what we called its ‘urgent,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023
Songs From Walking with Spirits
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
The re-release of this 2007 album showcases an extraordinary collaboration that brought together Aboriginal songmen with other Australian musicians. It...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023
ORO, PLATA, MATA
An artist who has often dealt with issues of self-identity, gender and race, Mo’Ju (formerly Mojo Juju) has always been...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023
Tusona: Tracings in the Sand
Mokoomba are back at last, six years on from their last album Luyando and ten years after winning a Songlines...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2023
