Reviews
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
…And Take the Black Worm with Me
A founding member of Irish experimental folk outfit Lankum, as well as lecturer and researcher on the history of Irish...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: January/February/2023
Turlku 4: New Music from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands
An outback project developed in Australia’s Western Desert, (a sparsely populated region with hundreds of kilometres between remote Aboriginal communities),...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
Om Suite Ohm
The latest instalment of Harry Manx’s strange journey – his ninth solo album – is an engaging affair that will...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013
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
If Wishes Were Horses
You get the feeling that if Kris Drever were to sing ‘My Way’, the ‘regrets, I’ve had a few’ line...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016
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
Reinas del Matute
Las Migas are a rare find: a group of four Barcelona-based women from Catalonia, Andalusia, France and Germany, creating stunningly...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
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
