Reviews
Protection: Himalayan Buddhist Mantras
Talking to an anthropologist friend, I asked why the West remains so fascinated with Tibet. I learned about Madame Helena...
Reviewed by Thomas Christie Williams in issue: June/2017
They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration
In early February 2012, a three-day benefit for the Arhoolie Foundation was staged in Berkeley, California, marking the 50th anniversary...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013
Kopolo
The charming tropical rainforest recordings of this Cameroonian pygmy group have won them quite a fanbase. Unfortunately, this latest instalment...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013
Along the Silk Road: Ancient and Modern Music for the Kugo
Ancient and modern music for the what? Listening blind to this instrument, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for the...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: July/2010
Mi Voz
Turkish singer Elif Sanchez’s 2021 debut featured jazzy settings of Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs, with one song in Spanish...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2022
On Tour/Reunion
It's 1965, British Guiana is on the cusp of independence, ready to throw off the corrupt yoke of Albion, and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
Lanbousir
Lanbousir (L’Emb-ouchure) is Christine Salem’s fourth album of studio-recorded compositions in the traditional maloya style, for voice and percussion ensemble....
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: Apr/May/2011
A Hajnali Csillag Ragyog
Tcha Limberger’s Kalotaszeg Trio
Violinist Tcha Limberger was born in Belgium to a Romani Gypsy father. His last disc, reviewed in Songlines #60, was...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010
Pendulum
Virginian banjo player, singer, and songwriter Morgan O’Kane has delivered a powerful punch of a second album. Many of the...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
