Reviews
Sounds and Colours: 10 Years
I’ve met Mexicans into Spanish oi, Bolivians addicted to Jamaican ska, and Argentinians obsessed with Celtic folk. They produce fanzines,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020
Uam – From Me
The third studio album from Outer Hebridean Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis is as deeply immersed in the traditions of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Che Guava’s Rickshaw Diaries
Lokki Terra have gone from strength to strength since their first gig in 2006 at a concert titled From Bangla-beat...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
14 Cheerful Pieces
This is another diamond among the numerous recently issued recordings of Persian classical music. The line-up is quite unusual: the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2011
Harmony
In the entrance to the offices of Universal Records in Beijing, there’s a wall c o ve re d i...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2010
Inoni Ana Totoraha
With an energy beyond that of normal mortals, these enthusiastic Solomon Islanders are a festival promoter's dream: Melanesian men with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
De Repente
Virgilio Armas Trio | Virgilio Armas y Su Grupo
Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies have unearthed a pair of rare Latin jazz albums by a Venezuelan pianist, part...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2022
Deja
Their first full-length release since 2017’s Ayo, Colombian hybrid-beat band Bomba Estéreo’s new album Deja was produced in Santa Marta,...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Kuşların Çağrısı (Call of the Birds)
Many of Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat's projects have been reviewed in Songlines. I came across the honeyed melancholy of her...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2017
Bye Bye Bayou
‘ We have outgrown our Cajun/zydeco roots’ declare Mama Rosin in the press blurb that came with the valedictorially titled...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
