Reviews
Africa Soyo
London-based Gnawa master Simo Lagnawi returns with his latest album, Africa Soyo, a clean, crisp recording – something that's very...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2020
The Quintessence
Some superstars travel at light speed into obscurity. Peruvian singer Yma Sumac died as recently as 2008, aged 86. Her...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2020
Mély
Rozsdamaró are, in terms of the Hungarian folk revival, relative newcomers but committed traditionalists; that is to say that they...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020
Flash of the Spirit
Jon Hassell is a contemporary classical minimalist musician who forged a deep engagement with music from India and West Africa....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020
De Kaboul à Bamako
This is a compilation of somewhat random tracks from across the Middle East and Africa that have been packaged as...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2020
Lina_Raül Refree
Producer and multi-instrumentalist Raül Refree made his name on the world music circuit by producing the acclaimed first album by...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2020
Fire Under the Bridge
This sextet of folk musicians came together in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, in the shadow of the mighty Tyne Bridge,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020
Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s
São Tomé and Príncipe isn't exactly known as a musical powerhouse nation – Songlines has only ever reviewed one other...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020
In the Key of Joy
Parental guidance: multitude of guest artists. The rapper Common, for example, (dis)graces the opening track on the venerable Mr Mendes'...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
