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Review of Island no 16 – Memories of Future Landscapes

Island no 16 – Memories of Future Landscapes

Sabiwa

Phantom Limb

Rating: ★★★★

This deeply enchanting record was borne out of an intimate liaison with SABIWA's memories of childhood in the embattled East...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2023

Review of As We Speak

As We Speak

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer & Rakesh Chaurasia

Top of the World

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★★

The last time Songlines interviewed Béla Fleck, he had briefly set aside his global adventures to return to the music...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023

Review of Keturah

Keturah

Keturah

Hen House Studios

Rating: ★★★

Keturah made her first recordings in her native Malawi in 2010 at the age of 14, but her introduction to...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023

Review of Hawksworth

Hawksworth

Matt Espy

Drag City

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps best known as the tub-thumper responsible for the awkward, stumbling funk of art rock weirdos Dead Rider, Matt Espy...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023

Review of Cup of Sugar

Cup of Sugar

Tim O’Brien

Howdy Skies Records

Rating: ★★★

A native West Virginian, 69-year-old Tim O’Brien represents the best of the contemporary Nashville scene. His instrumental acumen, especially on...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023

Review of Guajiro

Guajiro

Eliades Ochoa

World Circuit/BMG

Rating: ★★★★

Eliades Ochoa seems to be speeding up with age, touring the world, producing his second new record within a year,...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: July/2023

Review of The Devil's on the Mast

The Devil's on the Mast

The Ciderhouse Rebellion & Kirsty Merryn

Under the Eaves Records

Rating: ★★★★

The prolific folk duo, fiddler Adam Summerhayes and accordionist Murray Grainger, have joined forces on their latest release with singer...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2023

Review of Speak of the Devil

Speak of the Devil

Dallahan

Dallahan Music

Rating: ★★★★

Dallahan aficionados will want to know that the Edinburgh-based quartet's fourth studio album suggests something of a new beginning as...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2023

Review of Music from the Temple of Light

Music from the Temple of Light

Peter Culshaw

Iskra Records

Rating: ★★★★

It is hard to sum up the music of Peter Culshaw in a single sentence. It runs the gamut of...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2023

Review of Khedmat Be Khalq

Khedmat Be Khalq

Naujawanan Baidar

Top of the World

Radio Khiyaban

Rating: ★★★★★

I stumbled upon this album by chance, via Bandcamp, and I am glad its algorithms led me there.I travelled through...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: July/2023

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