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Review of Mi Voz

Mi Voz

Elif Sanchez

Pasion Turca

Rating: ★★★

Turkish singer Elif Sanchez’s 2021 debut featured jazzy settings of Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs, with one song in Spanish...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2022

Review of Drif

Drif

Heilung

Season of Mist

Rating: ★★★★

Heilung formed in Copenhagen, Dermark, in 2014, and comprise of German singer Kai Uwe Faust, Danish producer Christopher Juul and...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2022

Review of One and All

One and All

Fisherman’s Friends

Island Records

Rating: ★★★

Forget the lockdown postman and shanty TikTok craze, haul away and pass round the grog, open your gullet and get...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022

Review of Rosa e Azul

Rosa e Azul

Alliye

Arrebol Music

Rating: ★★★★

The last time Songlines reviewed Alliye was for her 2006 release Arrebol, when she was living in Paris as Aline...

Reviewed by Alexander Robinson in issue: October/2022

Review of A World of Lullabies

A World of Lullabies

Val Bonetti

Felmay Records

Rating: ★★★★

The effectiveness of melody is a key feature of Milan-based guitarist Val Bonetti’s new album, which comes off the back...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2022

Review of Nova

Nova

Erlend Apneseth

Hubro Music

Rating: ★★★★

For his first solo album in nine years Apneseth, one of Norway’s most thrilling Hardanger fiddle players, chose to record...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2022

Review of Mani Sicure

Mani Sicure

Tammurianti World Project

Soundfly

Rating: ★★

This is the first consumer release for the international market by the long-standing duo of Emidio Ausiello and Michele Maione,...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2022

Review of Amdjer

Amdjer

Lucibela

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

Amdjer is as bittersweet and comforting as a perfectly crafted negroni, served with a tropical breeze and a sultry sunset....

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2022

Review of The Movers Vol 1: 1970-1976

The Movers Vol 1: 1970-1976

The Movers

Top of the World

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

For a band that reportedly sold 500,000 copies of its debut album in 1970 and managed to break the colour...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022

Review of A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters 1913-1921

A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters 1913-1921

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Magnificent Sounds

Rating: ★★★

With Spanish guitars having been well established in the Hawaiian islands since the mid-1800s, local 16-year-old guitarist Joseph Kekuku is...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2022

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