Reviews
More Than One
From the very beginning of this album it is apparent that we are dealing with musicians as equally well-versed in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2020
A New Day – Laya Project Remixed
Back in #59, Songlines reviewed a singular music project that saw producer and composer Patrick Sebag go in search of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Nickel Creek/This Side/Why Should the Fire Die?
When Nickel Creek formed in 1989, siblings Sara and Sean Watkins and Chris Thile were not yet 13 years old....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2020
We Are Each Other, This Will Set Us Free
The debut album from Bristol-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist boci covers a lot of ground musically, yet is rooted in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2022
L’âme du Luth
It does seem incredible, but some students at the Damascus Conservatory – where Waed Bouhassoun first studied – once told...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Ceilidh
Ceilidh, the third album from the self¬proclaimed enfants terribles of the English folk-dance scene, is a curious beast. Opening with...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Inglorious Technicolor
This Brighton crew perform daubed in pallid Day of the Dead skull-masks. Their music is quite a concoction, with swirling...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2016
Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
Comparisons with Fats Domino or Elvis Presley don’t really do justice to the impact of Erkin Koray on Turkish music....
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Aavartan – Dawn to Dusk
Kala Ramnath is both a traditionalist and an experimentalist in the Indian classical tradition. She is also quite simply one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
