Reviews
Hundinuiaõis/Bulrush Bloom
From Estonia, Eva Väljaots plays the kannel, one of the plucked zither-like instruments shared by the Finno-Ugric cultures around the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2022
Libraries on Fire
Since Songlines first championed the South African guitarist Derek Gripper following his 2012 album One Night on Earth, his transpositions...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016
Quintela
Carme López plays the Galician gaita (bagpipes), but for this debut album she’s dedicated to what sounds like the deep...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024
Künh
Hailing from Istanbul, composer and musician Nağme Yarkın is a player of the klasik kemençe – the three-stringed bowed lyre...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Halocline
What a blessing that we’ve come into a time of celebration and experimentation for the humble Scottish smallpipes and border...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2024
Kenya-Congo Connection: From the Archives of Audio Productions, Nairobi, Kenya
There are several compilations of East African recordings that show the strong link between Congolese guitar-band music and bands located...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
1929
It is constantly amazing how many old-time bands are around today. From gutter punks busking on the streets of New...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Wasla
Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El-Din
Looking back over the last 20 years, it's amazing how the oud has risen from rank-and-file member of the takht...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015
Mi Alegria
Eclectic composer and musician Itamar Erez's new album Mi Alegria (My Happiness) weaves a scintillating journey incorporating a vast array...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: November/2019
Sufi Spirit
You may be forgiven for approaching this with trepidation: a Danish rock‘n’roll band playing along with qawwali (the sacred music...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: August/2017
