Reviews
Shakkar
2011 Songlines Newcomer Artist Award-winner Raghu Dixit has been busy of late composing and performing as a playback singer for...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: September/2024
Feja Feja
Haling from Victoria Falls on Zimbabwe’s border with Zambia, Flying Bantu have been a fixture on southern Africa’s touring and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025
Our Ancestors Swam to Shore
Uninhabited until the Portuguese turned up in the 15th century, São Tomé is a volcanic island out in the Atlantic...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2025
Direct-to-Disc
Marcelo Peixoto became known through his work with 90s rap-rock band Planet Hemp and their ceaseless cries for the legalisation...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: January/2025
Alma Enamorada
Fifteen more corridos (narrative songs) from the ‘Godfather’ of the genre. Backed by the accordion and polka rhythms of a...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2025
Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1
Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1, curated by British-Egyptian historian Hannah Elsisi, is a powerful compilation showcasing Afro-descendant electronic...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2025
Caçada Noturna
With his fourth solo album for the Swedish label, the Afro-Brazilian minstrel from Salvador reinforces a decade-long recording relationship and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024
Willie Watson
Since co-founding the much-acclaimed Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie Watson has spent around a quarter of a century as an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2024
Reprise on 2nd Avenue
Having made a name for himself in the hip-hop trio Johnny Cradle, this latest release shows Qü venturing forward as...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: December/2024
Sonorous Present
Grammy-winning Quetzal Flores likes ‘working with talented people,’ so answered the call of this author, educator and member of Latinx...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
