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Review of Periphery

Periphery

Priya Darshini

Chesky Records

Rating: ★★

Priya Darshini is a US-based singer from South Asia who draws on an eclectic range of musical influences. This is...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2020

Review of Classics of My Soul

Classics of My Soul

Waldemar Bastos

Enja

Rating: ★★★

Like his compatriot Bonga, Waldemar Bastos is an Angolan in exile – living in Portugal after fleeing his homeland when...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of There is No Other

There is No Other

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi

Top of the World

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★★

Having only reviewed the wonderful Giddens-curated collaborative album Songs of Our Native Daughters in #147, it's a surprise to welcome...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2019

Review of Reverie

Reverie

RANT

Make Believe Records

Rating: ★★★★

RANT's line-up unites the mainland of Scotland with its islands: sisters Bethany and Jenna Reid are well-known Shetland fiddlers; Sarah-Jane...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2016

Review of Hankyō

Hankyō

Araki Kodō VI

Little Sea Records

Rating: ★★★★

Better known for his playing of the Irish flute and whistle in America, Hanz Araki is in fact also a...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: June/2021

Review of Adghah

Adghah

Bibi Ahmed

Sounds of Subterrania

Rating: ★★★★

Touareg guitar music takes many forms; there is the incandescent psychedelia of Bombino and Mdou Moctar, the nimble blues-rock of...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2019

Review of En Yay Suh

En Yay Suh

Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★★★

If you start listening to this album at home, take it one meaty track at a time. The whole album...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Gate of Klüna

Gate of Klüna

Kuunatic

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

This is a strange and fascinating album that may challenge Songlines readers who prefer their world music on the soft,...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021

Review of The Portage

The Portage

RANT

Top of the World

Make Believe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Are there really only four fiddles on this third release from RANT? Such is the richness of sound that I...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: December/2019

Review of Songs Beyond Words

Songs Beyond Words

A Moving Sound

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Performing together for more than 20 years, the husband and wife team of vocalist Mia Hsieh, a Taiwan native, and...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: March/2021

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