Reviews
The Best of Vis-A-Vis in Congo Style
Earlier this year Songlines reviewed the reissue of Obi Agye Me Dofo, a rare 1977 album from the golden age...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022
Suspiro
Canzone napoletana, the world’s best-known Italian popular music, has enthralled Suonno d’Ajere (Yesterday’s Dream) – a young Neapolitan trio employing...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2022
More Arriving
Born in the US, raised and educated in India and a London resident for the past decade, the percussionist and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Jasmine Flower
The Paris-based erhu (two-stringed fiddle) player Guo Gan is part of a burgeoning generation of traditional East Asian musicians who...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
This Old House
Bran Sanders hails from Shallow Lake in rural Ontario, though he's since lived a semi-nomadic, busking way through life on...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2021
Kertünk Alatt
Hungarian band Besh o Drom have been together now in one form or another for over a decade, and in...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Mali Latino
Alex Wilson, Madou Sidiki Diabaté & Ahmed Fofana
British-born Renaissance man Alex Wilson has sweated buckets over this project, which sees him fusing Mande and Afro-Latin sounds with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Poacher's Fate
It's always refreshing to hear music that has nothing to hide behind. The London-based folk duo of Laura Smyth &...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
