Reviews
Kjeringe i Snodrevet
The langeleik is one of the more unusual members of an instrumental family that can be loosely described as ‘plank...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Gypsybilly King
Canada's Adrian Raso won international prominence when he got together with Romanian brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia in 2014 to create...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Du og Eg
Ingunn Stræte Lie & Jo Asgeir Lie
By the end of this album you’ll know your reinlenders from your springars, and polkas will be second nature. Here's...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
Old Tunes, Dusted Down
It wouldn’t be everyone's idea of a fantastic surprise birthday present. But the Belgian mandolin player Andries Boone is a...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: October/2014
Bandázom
Ágnes Herczku is one of Hungary's best folk vocalists and has become even better-known since she's been a judge and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
Shorelines
Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta
Even from just the first few notes of ‘Sunflower Delight’, the opening track on this confident album, it is clear...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Air Fàir an Là
The follow-up to Niteworks' critically acclaimed debut album NW is a beautifully produced and exciting album with some fresh and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2018
Voltaje Raizal
A rhizome is an underground plant stem; recent scientific investigation has shown it to be a secret communications pathway for...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022
Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s
São Tomé and Príncipe isn't exactly known as a musical powerhouse nation – Songlines has only ever reviewed one other...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020
Les Tzitzíkia: Les Cigales
Katerina Fotinaki’s debut CD recapitulates in part a Greek musical experiment from 1995 by Nena Venetsanou called Ikones, in which...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: June/2014
