Reviews
There is No End
When this reviewer interviewed Allen for Songlines in 2020 just before lockdown, we talked mostly about Rejoice, his collaborative album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
Five Notes
Singer and instrumentalist Seby Ntege is based in London, and fronts a multicultural band. He's from East Uganda and specialises...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Ghost
In her first album of all-new material since 2010, Rusby plays a set of traditional and original songs loosely themed...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Antifogmatic
Pleasant as it is to hear banjos and mandolins on prime-time national radio, it’s a shame that they will invariably...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Festa!
North Carolinian Andrew Finn Magill is an incredibly polished and virtuosic violinist who has turned his bow to many genres...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Dominion
This quartet is the combination of two duos – Nancy Kerr and James Fagan with Richard and Jess Arrowsmith –...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
A Guide to the Birdsong of South America
With passions for conservation, bird-watching and South American music, British producer Robin Perkins decided to combine all three here. He...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2015
Deva
Deva Premal is a German national who embraced Indian spirituality in 1990 when staying with the controversial guru Osho at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Dose a Nova
Now that the Balkan Beats hyperbole appears to be out of fashion, erstwhile pioneers of the genre Ori Kaplan and...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/February/2023
Folk Music of China Vol 6: Folk Songs of China's Tajik & Russian Minorities
You would be forgiven for mistaking this album for one from the former Soviet Union. It is instead music by...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
