Reviews
Tiga Tej Tibs
Dan Harper doesn’t heed conventional wisdom. You’re supposed to open an album with one of the strongest songs in your...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Across the Western Ocean
The second album of shanties and songs of the sea from Pressgang Mutiny since they came together in 2013 in...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2020
Dunya
Convened and led by Javid Afsari Rad, a santur (hammered dulcimer) player with Iranian roots, ComboNations capitalise on a variegated...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2017
Sand and Foam
Kabir Sehgal & Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash
Last time sarod players Amaan Ali & Ayaan Ali Bangash appeared in Songlines it was in a distinguished fusion project...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022
LAS
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie & Steven Byrnes Haberlin
Now here’s something pretty remarkable, the first album of double C smallpipes to be released anywhere in the world. LAS...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2022
Again and Again
Often cited as early explorers in what we now call world music, Swedish ensemble Spjärnsvallet first formed in the early...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2015
Mastika
Urban southern Serbia, under Turkish rule until 1878, has retained many so-called ‘Oriental’ characteristics in its folkways, food and, of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2019
Inversions
While O'Hooley & Tidow's sprightly ‘Gentleman Jack’ has become the theme tune for Sally Wainwright's acclaimed new drama series of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Rastilho
One aspect of 60s and 70s Brazilian music that is often over-looked is the fact that it made acoustic instruments...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021
