Reviews Search | Songlines

Reviews

Review of Nyn

Nyn

Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★

Stassinopoulou has aptly described herself as a ‘Balkan ethno-trance artist’ and a practitioner of techno-folk psychedelia. I’ve been listening to...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2016

Review of When All is Still

When All is Still

Rachael McShane & The Cartographers

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

‘The Molecatcher’, the first track of Rachael McShane's terrific album with her new band, The Cartographers, sets the tenor of...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018

Review of Nuevo Chamber

Nuevo Chamber

The Musical Art Quintet

Classical Revolution Records

Rating: ★★★

Born out of classical ‘jam sessions’ at a café in metropolitan San Francisco, The Musical Art Quintet developed their stylish...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012

Review of Do Coração

Do Coração

Sara Correia

Universal Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★

Last year, we praised Sara Correia’s first adult album (she had released a previous one in her adolescence) as a...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020

Review of Goodness

Goodness

Clinton Fearon

Chapter Two Records

Rating: ★★★★

Since quitting legendary reggae outfit The Gladiators in 1987, Clinton Fearon hasn’t changed much. Instead, his Seattle-based Boogie Brown Band...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2014

Review of Pasichigare: Mystic Mbira Music of Zimbabwe

Pasichigare: Mystic Mbira Music of Zimbabwe

Chipindura Mbira Trio

Chartwell Dutiro (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Chartwell Dutiro is the artistic director of the Mhararano Mbira Academy in Devon, England. He is one of the leading...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2014

Review of Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

Kronos Quartet

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Three years ago Kronos Quartet released an album titled Folk Songs, a journey into Appalachian tradition featuring guest singers Sam...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020

Review of Amoreamaro

Amoreamaro

Maria Mazzotta

Agualoca Records

Rating: ★★★★

There many reasons to admire singer Maria Mazzotta: for her voice, of course, so brilliant, intimate and dramatic; for her...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2020

Review of Terry Riley In C

Terry Riley In C

Brooklyn Raga Massive

Northern Spy

Rating: ★★★★

Sometimes there is a collision of two different musical worlds that just fits so well that you can't believe it...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Taholy

Taholy

Mikea

Top of the World

Contre-Jour CJ022

Rating: ★★★★

Mikea is the name of the band fronted by writer, singer and guitarist Théo Rakotovao, who comes from the Mikea...

Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: July/2010

Subscribe from only £7.50

Start your journey and discover the very best music from around the world.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Songlines magazine.

Find out more