Reviews
Aratan n Azawad
No surprise that Terakaft – the name means ‘caravan’ in Tamasheq – stayed pretty close to the sound of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011
Che Guava’s Rickshaw Diaries
Lokki Terra have gone from strength to strength since their first gig in 2006 at a concert titled From Bangla-beat...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
InVentus
Whenever a local musical tradition gets transposed away from its roots, it usually takes some time for a new central...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2013
One Love, One Life
Despite being an unremarkable figure during reggae's golden era in the 70s, Beres Hammond has created a contemporary two-disc album...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013
Between The Ditches
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Each year, Reverend J Peyton and his blues trio [pictured below] set out from their home in the heart of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Song Up In Her Head
It’s extremely hard to get past the fact that this multi– instrumentalist bluegrass super-talent from Texas is only 19 years...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Especial Ivete, Gil, Caetano
Ivete Sangalo, Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso
Whilst most lovers of Brazilian music will be familiar with tropicalia founders Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, fewer will know...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2012
Sole Kitchen
Along the highways and byways in and around Portland, Oregon, there are so many microbreweries dispensing fine beers and even...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2010
Best of Lura
Proof that the Cape Verde renaissance has come of age, this anthology confirms Lura as her own generation’s elder stateswoman,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2011
Bouger le Monde!
Many Songlines'reaiers will first have encountered Staff Benda Bilili on YouTube, with that extraordinary video showing the group singing ‘Na...
Reviewed by Mark Ellingham in issue: October/2012
