Reviews
Ellipsis
Winner of the Musician of the Year title at the recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and a former BBC...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2018
Il Mese del Rosario
Breaking moulds works best when you can demonstrate you’ve nailed the mould. The first two tracks of this scintillating second...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
Satyam
Toronto-based tabla player Vineet Vyas has an impressive pedigree, studying with Kishan Maharaj and playing with, among others, Amjad Ali...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023
Black Tenere
Anana Harouna is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Sahara with an intriguing history. He's a Touareg (he prefers the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2019
Andina: The Sound of the Peruvian Andes, Huayno, Carnaval and Cumbia 1968-1978
It's become fashionable – or at least SEO-savvy – to give records epic subtitles. This album's subtitle is ‘The Sound...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017
Les Années Milan
French accordionist Richard Galliano's work for the Milan label includes lots of Astor Piazzolla numbers, to which he supplies bright,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017
Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Love the likembé-twanging chaos of Konono No 1? Ever have a sneaky listen to Kraftwerk when the electro-mood hits you?...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Bouger le Monde!
Many Songlines'reaiers will first have encountered Staff Benda Bilili on YouTube, with that extraordinary video showing the group singing ‘Na...
Reviewed by Mark Ellingham in issue: October/2012
Kamélé Yeleen
Moussa Pantio Diabaté & Baragnouma
Moussa Pantio Diabaté is a balafon (xylophone) player from Burkina Faso. With the help of Arts Council funding he was...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2013
Afro-Latin: Via Dakar
As readers of Songlines probably know, Latin music was re-Africanised after World War II when wind-up phonographs made it to...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011
