Reviews
The Liberty to Choose
The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, compiled by Ralph Vaughan Williams and A L Lloyd, was published in 1959....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Afro-Latin: Via Dakar
As readers of Songlines probably know, Latin music was re-Africanised after World War II when wind-up phonographs made it to...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011
Gagaku
Gagaku, meaning ‘refined’ or ‘noble’ music, is a form of Japanese imperial court music that flourished during the Heian period...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Life & Times Of…
The Hot 8 Brass Band have every right to sing the blues. Forced to flee New Orleans due to Hurricane...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Dur-Dur, Vol 5
It looks to me like this decade is seeing a huge growth in sales of retro world music albums, which...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2013
Tafrigh Vol 1
Tafrigh cannot be categorised easily. Rooted in different musical genres and styles, it is a mesmerising post-modern mixture of bizarre...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: July/2022
Bamako Moon
So-called reality is warped on Bamako Moon, as Dan Harper, otherwise known as Invisible System, reconfigures core material from his...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2021
Quantic Presents Tropical Funk Experience
If you need some¬one to compile a co mpilation o f hen’s-teeth-rare funk grooves from 1 970s Latin America, there’s...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Disques Debs International: An Island Story - Biguine, Afro Latin & Musique Antillaise 1960-1972
A first release from the vaults of the label Disques, this French Caribbean selection encapsulates the riveting cross-pollination of island...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province
This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...
Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020
