Reviews
Night Nurse: The Best Of
Gregory Isaacs, who died at the age of 59 in October last year, was one of the most popular and...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: June/2011
Immigrants
When Songlines interviewed Nitin Sawhney in October 2019, he discussed the 20th anniversary of his landmark 1999 album Beyond Skin...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021
Grand Ukulele
Like banjo maestro Bela Fleck, Japanese-Hawaiian ukulele whiz Jake Shimabukuro has been obsessed with expanding the repertoire and reputation of...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Tsuker-zis
Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg
Lorin Sklamberg (The Klezmatics) and Frank London (Klezmer Brass Allstars) collaborate here yet again, on Tsuker-zis (Sugar-Sweet). Both musicians have...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Soul of the Congo – Treasures of the Ngoma Label (1948-1963)
In the last ten years, Belgian record label Planet Ilunga has been on a mission to share a remarkable treasure...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/February/2024
Sun Without the Heat
New Orleans-based Leyla McCalla is known for making moving, socially conscious music that takes in all her various influences, from...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: May/2024
Em Africa ao Vivo
Despite a career stretching back to the mid-80s, this is among the first of singer-songwriter and percussionist Mart’na’lia’s albums to...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Vol 3: The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Analog Africa here return to the rich canon of Benin’s finest, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, with The Skeletal Essences of...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: July/2013
Follow Me Down
When your big break comes at the age of 12, jamming on-stage with the likes of Ricky Skaggs and David...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2011
Audio Descriptive
Shammi Pithia says he owes a debt to fellow British Asian musician Nitin Sawhney. On the evidence of his 16-track...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
