Reviews
Tolonso
Following their excellent debut, Miriya [reviewed in #127], this is the sophomore release from an exciting and very talented group...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019
Goro le Goro
It's little wonder that the phenomenon of Bulgarian folk-based choirs, with their stirring, romantic and otherworldly sound, have captured imaginations...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Gate of Klüna
This is a strange and fascinating album that may challenge Songlines readers who prefer their world music on the soft,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021
Northern Flyway
Birds have been companions, harbingers, auguries and symbols for humanity for millennia. We follow their song, their migrations, their flyways,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018
Ghost Gamelan
For their latest collaboration singer Susheela Raman and guitarist Sam Mills team up with Indonesian composer Gondrong Gunarto on this...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
The Man Behind the Molam Sound 1972-75
Having made their name with the Thai Funk compilations, the Zudrangma label are getting down to serious business now, uncovering...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2013
Que Bom
Jazz and Brazilian music flirting shamelessly is old news. It does not take a wild imagination to connect the dots...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Original Sound of Mali
The dance band craze of the 1970s saw groups from all over West Africa putting their own spin on Latin...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
#Mr Lakaaye
Lekan Babalola has an impressive track record as a musician (percussionist and composer/arranger) and filmmaker. One of Nigeria’s outstanding jazz...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2022
Orava: Panorama of Folk Song and Music Culture
This double-CD and booklet is the first in a series of six important archival releases of traditional Slovak music. Orava...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2021
