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Review of The Art of Sarangi

The Art of Sarangi

Ram Narayan

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Lady Sings the Balkan Blues

Lady Sings the Balkan Blues

Mostar Sevdah Reunion

Top of the World

Snail Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Türlü

Türlü

Haci Tekbilek

Country & Eastern CE15

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Aye

Aye

Martyn Bennett

Top of the World

Cuillin Music

Rating: ★★★★★

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

Review of Dreams of Andalusia

Dreams of Andalusia

Joglaresa

Metronome METCD1062

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Birds

Birds

Da Lata

Da Lata Music

Rating: ★★★★

Can that be the sweet sound of spring? On the strength of this fourth album by beloved London-based tropicalistas Da...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020

Review of Lunar Tredd

Lunar Tredd

Fimber Bravo

Top of the World

Moshi Moshi Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Fimber Bravo may not be Trinidad's best-known steel pan player. His skill comes instead through experimentation, a creative approach that...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2021

Review of Officium Novum

Officium Novum

Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM

Rating: ★★★

In 1993 The Hilliard Ensemble released an album of early music polyphony with Jan Garbarek improvisi ng a saxophone line...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of The Vortex Sessions

The Vortex Sessions

Benjamim Taubkin & Adriano Adewale

Núcleo Contemporâneo

Rating: ★★★

For the past decade and a half, Benjamim Taubkin's São Paulo-based Núcleo Contemporàneo label has been quietly nurturing some of...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2013

Review of Amachal

Amachal

Toumast

Green United Music

Rating: ★★★

On their second album, Toumast create a new form of Touareg guitar music, substantially evolved from the trademark sound we’ve...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

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