Reviews
These Mountain Blues
His name might sound as Scottish as oatcakes, single malt whisky, heather or tossing the caber, but that doesn’t mean...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: May/2016
Vertigo
Jaune Toujours are a brass-heavy Belgian big band who’ve been active for over 25 years. This is their ninth album...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn
The Mi’kmaw people have lived on the eastern coasts of Canada from New Brunswick to Newfoundland since time immemorial, fishing,...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2025
Kai Tu Užaha?
I thought I was familiar with most forms of Gypsy music but this album, recorded by the Finnish Roma singer...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2012
Simply Zouk
The four-CD Simply Zouk, compiled by veteran DJ John Armstrong, charts the development of the French Antillean genre from its...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2015
Preço de Cada Um
A collector’s dream, with a copyright so obscure Mr Bongo Iitself couldn’t track it down, Prego de Cada Um was...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2011
Agitator
Many Songlines readers will know Radik Tyulyush through his long-term involvement with the Tuvan throat-singing ‘supergroup,’ Huun-Huur-Tu. Although he spent...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: May/2017
Wild Goats & Unmarried Women
She’Koyokh have carved out a reputation as one of the UK’s brightest world music bands. These young Londoners effortlessly blend...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2014
Down in Jamaica: 40 Years of VP Records
Jamaican record producer Vincent Chin began in the jukebox trade, establishing the iconic Randy's Records shop at 17 North Parade...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: March/2020
