Jim Hickson Writes About Music

This blog is a compendium of my music writing throughout the years. I try to post updates about a month after first publication, but I'm often very behind - please bear with me!

Thursday, 1 March 2018

Spotlight: Awesome Tapes from Africa

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 136, April 2018. Downloads and streaming are king. CDs are holding on and vinyl is still en...

Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 136, April 2018. Hailu Mergia Lala Belu Awesome Tapes from Africa (39 mins) After reissu...

Mpho Majiga - World Affairs

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 136, April 2018. Mpho Majiga World Affairs Africantunz Records & Promotions (51 mins)...

Friday, 26 January 2018

Gili Yalo - Gili Yalo

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 135, March 2018. Gili Yalo Gili Yalo Dead Sea Recordings (41 mins) Gili Yalo’s love of s...

Thursday, 7 December 2017

Introducing Super Parquet

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 134, January/February 2018. This is the sound of village halls and warehouse raves; rural f...

Batch Gueye - Xamle

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 134, January/February 2018. Batch Gueye Xamle Self-released (45 mins) Growing up as a d...

Friday, 3 November 2017

The Place of Live Recordings - Songlines Soapbox

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 133, December 2017. On April 7, 1968 at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, Nina Simone pe...

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