Reviews
JID018
Recorded in 2018 in Los Angeles some 18 months before his death, this is Allen with his jazz head on,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2023
Reggae Mandela
In the 1980s, reggae singers began issuing songs either damning South Africa's apartheid government or praising the then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2019
Hello, Goodbye
Celebrating 25 years as a professional musician, multi-instrumentalist John McCusker teams up with a cast of musician friends who have...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2016
A Beginner’s Guide
Readers of Songlines will already be familiar with Jim Moray’s latest CD, In Modern History, which was pre¬released with the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2010
Vida
At 92, Portuondo is now older than Compay Segundo was when the original Buena Vista Social Club album was recorded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
Little Bird
More incisive, searing social and political commentary revealing how folk music can speak as much for our times as it...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2020
Hyldon JID023
Younge’s output is so prolific that it must be difficult to maintain the quality, especially when he plays virtually all...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025
Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3
These three albums are by one of India's finest classical instrumentalists playing one of the most distinguished instruments, the sarod....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
