Reviews
Orchestre National de Mauritanie
Orchestre National de Maurianie
For a national orchestra, this combo had previously had a remarkably small discography: one 7” single to show for an...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Avgi: Live in Heraklion Walls
Lyra virtuoso Stelios Petrakis is one of several talented young musicians to have emerged from the teaching and performance workshops...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Apr/May/2015
Dreams of Andalusia
It was only a couple of issues ago that Joglaresa’s Dancing in Tetouan was reviewed in Songlines (#62) and it...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2010
Shadow and Light
There’s something pleasingly old-fashioned about John Doyle’s second solo outing. Arriving six years after Wayward Son saw him step out...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Assume Crash Position
Five years after Konono No 1's astonishing debut, the feral sound of their junkyard sonics and distorted, hypnotic grooves sounds...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
Follow Your Bliss
This album sounds great. Recorded to tape on entirely old-school gear, it’s full of the saturated warmth that audiophile purists...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2011
Beginner’s Guide to India
This sprawling introduction to the music of the Indian subcontinent is compiled by British Asian presenter Lopa Kothari – of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2010
Wanabni
Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
Palestinian singer and oud player Kamilya Jubran first teamed up with German trumpeter and electronics artist Werner Hasler for 2003’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Le Grand Kalle: His Life, His Music
Joseph Kabasele, better known as Le Grand Kalle, was a Congolese singer and bandleader, and his dance¬band were the first...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2014
Palenque Rockers Vol 1
Bogota’s Palenque Records was founded in 1996 by Lucas Silva of Faraon Bantu sound system, alias DJ Champeta-Man, to showcase...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: December/2021
