Reviews
Rough Guide to Caribbean Cafe
The latest Caribbean music World Music Network compilation sets out to demonstrate the connections and parallels between island styles while...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2012
Balkan Fever London – Mind the Brass
Phis new compilation of UK bands is the latest in a long line of localised Gypsy or Balkan scenes sprouting...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: October/2010
Red Earth Dub
The Red Earth Collective featuring Soothsayers Horns
Spinning the latest release from Red Earth Records is like embarking upon a dub-wise merry-go-round; Red Earth Dub bubbles and...
Reviewed by Lucy Wilson in issue: March/2010
Nay’ Indaba
In the Xhosa language, indaba refers to an authorised meeting, such as a conference of chiefs, called to discuss a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
The Same But Different
Songlines readers may know Dan Walsh as one half of harmonica-banjo duo Walsh & Pound [featured as a Making Waves...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Archive
Bob Dylan’s 1985 box set Biograph came with an interview in which Dylan said: “Some guys got it down –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025
Jamaica-Mento 1951-1958
Reggae snobs bristle whenever they hear mento described as “Jamaican calypso”. Admittedly, it’s a lazy way of putting it, but...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2010
En Paris – Live at FIP
Lila Downs, with her unique blend of original songs and reworked classics emphasising human-rights politics, is one of Mexico's great...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Session A9
It's hard to believe ten years have passed since Session A9 first burst onto the scene in with their raucous...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013
