Reviews
Bahir
Where the rhythms and grooves of West Africa have been embraced across the planet, absorbed into the mainstream and melded...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: May/2019
This is Frafra Power
This is Frafra Power is one of those rare treats of a compilation album that gives what by all accounts...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: May/2019
Alfabeto Runico
Active since 2003, Alfabeto Runico are the fruit, first and foremost, of the friendship between the three band members. Marta...
Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: May/2019
Naming & Blaming
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
This is the second album from the Melbourne-based Public Opinion Afro Orchestra and it is unabashedly Afrobeat. The group take...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2019
Wahala Wahala
Wahala means ‘Problem’ or ‘Trouble’, but I had no problem enjoying this album. It is high-energy and punchy, as you'd...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019
The Art of the Vietnamese Zither: Đàn Tranh
Tri Nguyen's mission is to bring the đàn tranh (zither) to new audiences by combining Vietnamese traditions with Western classical...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: May/2019
Love & Stillness
Drummer Tom Bancroft is probably best known to Songlines readers through having worked with the Grit Orchestra, which brought the...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2019
Nostálgico
The title of this album, Nostálgico, goes right to the heart of what tango represents: nostalgia and longing for what once...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2019
Territoires
Québécois supergroup Le Vent du Nord return with their tenth album having recently become a quintet with the addition of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: May/2019
