Reviews
Cloud Wandering
One of the foremost performers of Okinawan folk music, vocalist and sanshin (banjo-like lute) player Takashi Hirayasu came to prominence...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2019
Navarasa: Nine Emotions
When the Scottish folk singer and guitarist James Yorkston, double bassist Jon Torne and the Indian sarangi maestro Suhail Yusuf...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Ragas and Rhythms
This is the third album from Indo-Canadian dancer and singer Bageshree Vaze, following on from Bageshree and Tarana. All three...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2013
The Same But Different
Songlines readers may know Dan Walsh as one half of harmonica-banjo duo Walsh & Pound [featured as a Making Waves...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Sem Nostalgia
Brazilian Lucas Santtana's first UK release contains a mixture of hyperactive mash-ups, soothing melodies and funky guitar workouts, all initially...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
MeStissage
Teofilo Chantre was one of the first of the new wave of Cape Verdean singer-songwriters to depart from strict tradition,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Complete John Kirkpatrick Band
The great accordion player John Kirkpatrick played on the album Morris On; he worked with the Albion Band onthe famous...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
I Can See the Gates of Heaven
Marta Sebestyén is foremost amongst Hungary’s traditional international fame thanks to her recordings with the band Muzsikás, released on Joe...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Ragas & Talas/India's Master Musician
This double album presents two of the earliest releases of the late sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Ragas & Talas was...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2016
