Reviews
El Habitante de la Tarde Roja
If you don't know what tarde roja means, don't despair. The thick little booklet that comes with this release contains...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
Bahir
Where the rhythms and grooves of West Africa have been embraced across the planet, absorbed into the mainstream and melded...
Reviewed 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 in issue May/2019
Bahdja
Manuel Hermia & Kheireddine Mkachiche
Though best known for jazz, Manuel Hermia's oeuvre traverses a wide range of musical genres and styles. The Belgian saxophonist,...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
Mycelium
Mycelium is (apparently) the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike filaments. The threadlike filaments...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
The Tabla Project
Sam Evans' The Tabla Project isn't as groundbreaking as it is refreshing. Every track has a character of its own...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
How to Swim in the Desert
In their 12th album, French group L'Attirail journey across a desert; by swimming, of course. Along the way they meet...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
3
There's no sign of The Gloaming losing that special touch on their third studio album, which opens with an intense...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
Streams
The Paris-based guitarist Nguyên Lê is known for his distinctive style of world jazz. His previous albums combine jazz improvisation...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
Traversées
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Jardins Migrateurs, the previous collaboration of Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko was described here as ‘ a disc of regal and...
Reviewed in issue May/2019
