Reviews Search | Songlines

Reviews

Review of Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

Looking for a musical antidote to the crushing malaise? Look no further than Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno's self-titled debut....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2021

Review of Sukotherapy

Sukotherapy

Maria Pomianowska Project

For Tune

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Sefardix

Sefardix

Oles Brothers & Jorgos Skolias

For Tune

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Artisena

Artisena

Joachim Mencel Quintet

For Tune

Rating: ★

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

Review of A New Day – Laya Project Remixed

A New Day – Laya Project Remixed

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Earthsync

Rating: ★★★

Back in #59, Songlines reviewed a singular music project that saw producer and composer Patrick Sebag go in search of...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Kvitravn

Kvitravn

Wardruna

Music for Nations

Rating: ★★★★

Wardruna’s stirring fifth album sounds like it could be the dramatic soundtrack to a Viking movie – and with good...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/2021

Review of Small Town Heroes

Small Town Heroes

Hurray for the Riff Raff

ATO Records

Rating: ★★★★

With today's excess of foot-stomping banjo players and dressed-up Americana, you could be forgiven for overlooking this New Orleans-based troupe....

Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: October/2014

Review of Don’t Give Up

Don’t Give Up

Jason Tamba

Playing for Change

Rating: ★★★

Born in Kinshasa, Jason Tamba, who began playing guitar at the age of seven on a homemade instrument, went on...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2022

Review of Yellow Spaceship

Yellow Spaceship

Jacob Gurevitsch

Music for Dreams

Rating: ★★★

Jacob Gurevitsch is a flamenco guitarist from Denmark. His third album, Yellow Spaceship, sails through a seductive soundscape of flamenco,...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: March/2022

Review of We Can Be Anyone

We Can Be Anyone

Open String Department

Just for the Records

Rating: ★★★★

A road-trip through Appalachia in 2012 cemented the musical relationship between three Norwegian students just out of the Trondheim Jazz...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2026

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