Reviews
Benin Awake Vol 1
Masterminded by Sheer Publishing, better known for placing African-authored songs in homegrown films like Tsotsi and District 9, this triumvirate...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2013
Kudu Bisa Kudu
The French drummer Guigou Chenevier was a founder member of the prog-punk-jazz pioneers Etron Fou Leloublan in 1973. Here he...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2022
Metisse Maloya
The island of La Réunion is a French territory located in the Indian Ocean, lying to the east of Madagascar,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2015
Pasichigare: Mystic Mbira Music of Zimbabwe
Chartwell Dutiro is the artistic director of the Mhararano Mbira Academy in Devon, England. He is one of the leading...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2014
Death of the Prophet
Readers may be familiar with Parisian oud player Kamilya Jubran for her collaborative work with Swiss based trumpeter and electro-pioneer...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020
Moytou
UK-based Senegalese dancer-turned-singer Batch Gueye had a very promising first album, Ndiarigne, back in 2014, and has been a key...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021
Tolonso
Following their excellent debut, Miriya [reviewed in #127], this is the sophomore release from an exciting and very talented group...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019
Goro le Goro
It's little wonder that the phenomenon of Bulgarian folk-based choirs, with their stirring, romantic and otherworldly sound, have captured imaginations...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Gate of Klüna
This is a strange and fascinating album that may challenge Songlines readers who prefer their world music on the soft,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021
Northern Flyway
Birds have been companions, harbingers, auguries and symbols for humanity for millennia. We follow their song, their migrations, their flyways,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018
