Reviews
Sound and Reason
Four of London's most dynamic musicians enter the studio in April 2021. Then follows a two-day voyage of all-improvised sonic...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023
Healing Rituals
Syrian-French flautist Naïssam Jalal has been somewhat overlooked as a composer and bandleader, but with this album – her ninth!...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023
Talamanca
Antoine Loyer & Mégalodons malades
After the release of Rommelpot in January this year, Antoine Loyer is back a mere six months later with another...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: August/September/2023
Son of Africa
Flopping on release by Island Records in 1976 — the label too busy with reggae star Bob Marley to promote...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: August/September/2023
Plight o’ Sheep
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
200 Weeks Ago
There's something immediately recognisable about the VOŁOSI sound. The Polish group is all strings and they’re played tightly and rhythmically...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
KAL
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
