Reviews
Santiago de Cuba: La Reina del ‘Son’
Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city on the gorgeous, beleaguered Caribbean island. The capital of the Santiago de...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2013
Mango
Helming Mo’ Horizons are two Hannoverian DJs and producers, Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark Wetzler, who have been plying their Euro-Brazilian...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2023
Azerbaijani Gitara, Vol 2
Bongo Joe Records’ first foray into gitara music from Azerbaijan (the aptly-titled Azerbaijani Gitara by Rüstem Quliyev, released in 2020)...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2024
Folk Awards 2010
Folk is a music built for hard times. So it’s entirely fitting that Show of Hands’ protest at recent outrages...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010
La Voz Del Mar
Hailing from Guapi on the Pacific Coast, but residing in Cali, Colombia, Xiomara Torres displays both her traditional roots and...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: November/2022
Breaking the Thermometer
The American-Haitian singer and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla, who made her name with Carolina Chocolate Drops, won a Songlines Music Award...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
Through the Eyes of the Sun
Bulgarian singer Gergana Dimitrova will be familiar to many as a member of the women’s vocal ensemble, the Eva Quartet....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2014
Festival Flamenco Gitano
Imagine a time before the kaleidoscopic wonder of world music was available at the click of a mouse . Then...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Sin Rumba No Hay Son
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro
Does any other country of musicians celebrate the history of their music and its incredible creativity quite like the Cubans...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Live at TUSK 2019
Recorded at the eclectic TUSK Festival in Gateshead, this live set captures the last night of the first ever UK...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021
