Reviews | Songlines

Reviews

Review of Djilly Kawral

Djilly Kawral

Inna Baba Coulibaly

Top of the World

Remote Records/Studio Mali

Rating: ★★★★★

A highly-respected singer from the Fulani community of Mali, but little known outside of her own country and its diaspora,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2023

Review of Corazones and Canciones

Corazones and Canciones

La Marisoul & Los Texmaniacs

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Confidently stating Mexican-American music's place within the American Roots tradition, singer La Marisoul has joined with Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs...

Reviewed by Patrick Mcmahon in issue: July/2023

Review of Relicário: João Gilberto (ao vivo no Sesc 1998)

Relicário: João Gilberto (ao vivo no Sesc 1998)

João Gilberto

SESC

Rating: ★★★★★

Caetano Veloso famously recorded a heartfelt song, ‘Pra Ninguém’, in tribute to his Brazilian music heroes. The song names these...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2023

Review of What to Do, How to Live?

What to Do, How to Live?

Lakiko

Lakiko Records

Rating: ★★★★

Swiss resident Lana Kostić is a cellist trained in Western Art Music, a member of the Bosnian diaspora, an experimenter...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2023

Review of Blazing/Freezing

Blazing/Freezing

Astroturf Noise

577 Records

Rating: ★★★

This impish New York trio venerate the innovations of Bill Monroe while simultaneously shattering the music he pioneered into tiny...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023

Review of Speak of the Devil

Speak of the Devil

Dallahan

Dallahan Music

Rating: ★★★★

Dallahan aficionados will want to know that the Edinburgh-based quartet's fourth studio album suggests something of a new beginning as...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2023

Review of Khedmat Be Khalq

Khedmat Be Khalq

Naujawanan Baidar

Top of the World

Radio Khiyaban

Rating: ★★★★★

I stumbled upon this album by chance, via Bandcamp, and I am glad its algorithms led me there.I travelled through...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: July/2023

Review of Call of the Whipbird

Call of the Whipbird

SUBSET

Dubmission Records

Rating: ★★★

SUBSET (aka Karl Muller) is a New Zealand-born musician/producer/photographer, who has been based in Australia for 20 years. Working out...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023

Review of Celebrants

Celebrants

Nickel Creek

Top of the World

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★★

‘My God it's good to see you,’ intones Chris Thile on the opening track of Celebrants, the first all-new album...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023

Review of Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground

Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground

Jantra

Ostinato Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023

Subscribe from only £7.50

Start your journey and discover the very best music from around the world.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Songlines magazine.

Find out more