Reviews

Where the Darkness Goes

Awna Teixeira

Not surprisingly, this solo album from one third of long-established Canadian folk-pop trio Po’Girl sounds not entirely dissimilar to Po’Girl,...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

La Maravilla

Son Yambu

It’s a long way from Archway in North London to Santiago de Cuba, but Son Yambu – who take their...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Funmi Ti De

Funmi Olawumi

Funmi Olawumi has spent the last dozen years singing with various Nigerian ensembles including wedding party favourites the Queens of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Quachatta

Samech

This Polish-Jewish four-piece takes its name from the Hebrew letter Samec, a circle that represents infinity. The band’s website tells...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Junk Funk

Sotho Sounds

In a previous Songlines I reviewed Spoek Mathambo's Father Creeper, an extraordinary album that thrillingly reinvented South African township music...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Nordic Woman

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nordic Woman’s hauntingly beautiful opening flute melody could hail from any number of musical origins, but what follows is a...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Tentemozo

Os Cempes

Due to certain stylistic similarities, Galician music is often lumped together with Celtic music and presented as two branches of...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Diouke

Diouke

Everything was going so well: the dexterous kora kumbengo (harp-lute) on opening track ‘Lima;’ the integration of cello and accordion...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Under One Sun

Brina

Brina_is Subrina Ward, a Jamaican singer married to Kieran Murray, a multi-talented Scot who collaborated with her and other musicians...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Oratnitza

Oratnitza

Interpreting traditional songs using contemporary elements, this self¬titled debut album from a Bulgarian quartet is energetic and infectious. Reaching out...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Nov/Dec/2012