Reviews
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
Entity
This album is from Belgium, a nation seemingly adept at encouraging musical collaborations between different communities – Voxtra's The Encounter...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2017
Reels to Ragas
Red Note Ensemble & Kuljit Bhamra
The musicians on this disc have great pedigrees. Red Note are one of Scotland’s best contemporary music ensembles, and Kuljit...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Maqeda
The Atse Tewodros Project is the brainchild of singer Gabriella Ghermandi, and the project’s second album is a tribute to...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: September/2024
No Love in Lagos
Show Dem Camp, The Cavemen, Nsikak David
Two of Lagos’ most talented duos, The Cavemen and Show Dem Camp, speak to the dating scene in the nation’s...
Reviewed by Erin Cobby in issue: December/2024
This is the Place
Hartwin is diatonic accordionist Hartwin Dhoore, here joined by violinist Pavel Souvandjiev and cellist Flavia Escartin, balancing the worlds of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
Love’s Company
There is an arch, stylised and arthouse feel to Turan. The Turkish singer-songwriter is a longtime member of the London...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2025
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81
At a time when so much music is being reissued and repackaged, it is heartening that there are still labels...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Stone Turntable
Transglobal Underground were there at the start, shaking up the London club scene with their beats-driven fusion and proudly hippy...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2011
