Reviews
La Próxima Traición
Tango has always reflected society – especially Buenos Aires’ urban society, but also, at various times, that of Paris, New...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020
Beginners Guide To African Blues
This isn't the place to debate the African origins of the blues. All we really need note is that modern...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
Such Times
Steve Tilston made his first album, An Acoustic Confusion, in 1971, gaining a place in a cohort of exceptional guitar-playing...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2021
Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts
Once in a while, an artist from the outside punches a dirty great hole through the usually impenetrable wall of...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The Art of Sarangi
A reissue of recordings made in 1971, this disc features the maestro Ram Narayan, who became the first internationally renowned...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2017
Lady Sings the Balkan Blues
Mostar Sevdah Reunion are a Bosnian institution. Emerging out of the ruins of war-torn Bosnia in 1998, tending the traditions...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: March/2023
Türlü
Haci Tekbilek is a gruff vocalist and a fine performer on several Turkish instruments, including saz, sax, bendir drum and,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2010
Aye
Martyn Bennett, a native of St Johns, Newfoundland, who grew up in Speyside with his mother, the singer and folklorist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Dreams of Andalusia
It was only a couple of issues ago that Joglaresa’s Dancing in Tetouan was reviewed in Songlines (#62) and it...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2010
