Reviews

Savor

Sarah Aroeste

Music and food go well together. So much so that singer Sarah Aroeste and chef Susan Barocas decided to join...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2023

Across the Universe

Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri is a one-off in India, a writer, intellectual and composer who says things like “I don't see any...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2023

Sonido Lava

Daniel Haaksman

Adding a Berlin sheen to Latin America's electric rhythms, DJ-producer Daniel Haaksman returns with his fourth full-length release, Sonido Lava....

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2023

Kapelya

Raza

From its opening shruti box and solo voice, Chana Raskin's Raza's debut album project Kapelya carries much anticipation. A vocal...

Reviewed by Gil Karpas in issue: June/2023

Timeline

Suarasama

Suarasama, which means ‘one voice’, is a small ensemble of musicians and ethnomusicologists from North Sumatra. Formed in 1995 by...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: June/2023

Madíbá

Blick Bassy

It was always going to be a tough ask to follow up on Blick Bassy's seminal 2019 album 1958 (A...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2023

Awakening

Ímar

Glasgow-based Anglo-Iranian Scot Mohsen Amini (concertina) and bandmates Tomas Callister (fiddle), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Ryan Murphy (uillean pipes, flute and...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2023

Plight o’ Sheep

The Langan Band

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

KAL

Sarathy Korwar

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

Lafz Bheege Hain – Words Drenched in Tears

Pratibha Singh Baghel

Sufiscore is not just a record label but also a YouTube channel which has a huge following in Asia, particularly...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2023