Reviews
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Vōytek (The Bear)
Klezmer has a rebel soul and this is certainly not absent in Tantz's debut album. The fact that they have...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
No Borders
At 78 years young, Masekela sounds as fiercely committed and as vibrant as ever on what is the 44th album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017
Romancing the Past
Urbane male voices, in unison, constitute a vital force in Latin American folk music. In Mexico, one of the most...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
Ear Snacks
That this San Francisco-based band records and performs with numerous like-minded guests suggests the current good health of country rock...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023
Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost
For Jon Wilks’ fourth album he has broadened the sonic palette of 2021's spare Up the Cut, adding Jackie Oates’...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2023
A Curious Compendium of Crooked Irish Tunes Vol 1
It’s safe to say that Dr Dave Flynn is something of an iconoclast. The composer and guitarist behind the Irish...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2023
African Acoustic
A few years back Songlines used to be deluged with multi-artist budget-priced compilations like this one. Indeed, there were so...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Embodied Poetry
The prolific Mehmet Polat presents another album of Turkish ud jazz with inflections of other traditions. Similar to his previous...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2023
De Alcohol y Desamor
A supergroup eminently deserving of that title, Tablao de Tango bring together three greats of Argentinian music: Franco Luciani on...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2024
Africa Yontii
This is the second instrumental album for Sahel Sounds by the Senegalese guitarist from Baaba Maal’s home town of Podor...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2024
