Reviews
Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection
There are still many notable gaps in the history of the mysterious composer and bandleader Sun Ra. Born in Birmingham,...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
Tales from the Barrel House
Morwellham, on Devon's side of the Tamar river, is a treasure-trove of industrial archaeology, a World Heritage site that contains...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds
A few months after completing filming for yet another major musicological project, multi-instrumentalist-folklorist Mike Seeger discontinued treatment he had been...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2020
London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6
This double-CD release follows three engaging, high-quality compilations of Caribbean and African music in 50s Britain from the specialist label...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: July/2013
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
Immigrants
When Songlines interviewed Nitin Sawhney in October 2019, he discussed the 20th anniversary of his landmark 1999 album Beyond Skin...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021
Sukotherapy
Maria Pomianowska is the leader of the revival of the suka, or knee-fiddle, in Poland. It’s played like the Cretan...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Sefardix
Oles Brothers & Jorgos Skolias
The concept behind this album is intriguing: the reimagining of Sephardic songs in a setting for drums and double bass;...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2015
Artisena
Joachim Mencel, a Polish pianist and composer, has created a cycle of eight jazz compositions inspired by traditional Polish folk...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: May/2019
The Kankobela of the Batonga Vol 1
Once fishermen and farmers on the rich alluvial banks of the Zambezi, the Batonga were driven at gun¬point from their...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: March/2010
