Reviews
Odoïa
This is the second album from the Ensemble Mze Shina, which means ‘Inner Sun’ in Georgian. e four singers, Denise...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2018
Todo Transito
Just once in a while an album arrives in unexpected fashion and you hear a new original voice. It’s rare...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010
Alone on a Hill
Katy Rose Bennett has been performing her Americana-tinged style of folk music for the best part of 20 years. She's...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Latin DNA
It's hard to dislike Dorancé Lorza & Sexteto Café as this is passionate and earnest music with a true love...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Ankerdram
Here we have a good example of the old adage about not judging a book by its cover. The photo...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2018
Once in a Blue Moon
Luciano Biondini & Klaus Falschlunger
There’s such a tremendous energy, vibrancy and immediacy in this new global fusion album, Once in a Blue Moon. Austrian...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Ode Dite
This is a curious release from Croatian guitarist and singer-songwriter Adam Semijalac. He’s deliberately put his guitar away and picked...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Nobody Knows You
One thing that quickly becomes apparent about the Steep Canyon Rangers is that they don’t quite have the degree of...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2012
Radio Niger
This not the typical Songlines album – for one thing there’s no listing of some of the often brilliant artists...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2014
Life & Times
The first reaction on receiving yet another Lucky Dube compilation is to groan inwardly. Since the South African reggae star's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
