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Review of Cold Like Stones

Cold Like Stones

Coca Tenorio

Coca Tenorio

Rating: ★★

Ecuadorean-born Coca Tenorio has a powerful, plangent voice. Settling in the Highlands of Scotland, she's imbibed that country's liking for...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017

Review of A Beginner’s Guide

A Beginner’s Guide

Jim Moray

Niblick is a Giraffe NIBL009

Rating: ★★★★

Readers of Songlines will already be familiar with Jim Moray’s latest CD, In Modern History, which was pre¬released with the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2010

Review of Luoteniegut

Luoteniegut

Áššu

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

Joik vocalist Ulla Pirttijärvi is among northern Finland’s strongest Indigenous voices. Pirttijärvi combines her powerful singing with West African influences...

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2025

Review of The Right Combination

The Right Combination

Joel Savoy, Jesse Lege & the Cajun Country Revival

Top of the World

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Joel Savoy (pronounced the Cajun French way, ‘Joelle Savoie’) has become a central figure in the ‘Acadian Uprising’, a second-generation...

Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: July/2011

Review of The Father of Libyan Reggae

The Father of Libyan Reggae

Ibrahim Hesnawi

Habibi Funk

Rating: ★★★★

Often artists may be hailed as originators of a certain musical style when actually, it’s a matter of taste and/or...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2023

Review of Moreland’s Ball

Moreland’s Ball

The Woohoo Revue

The Woohoo Revue

Rating: ★★★★

Melbourne ensemble The Woohoo Revue are one of those groups that’s impossible to categorise. Most would call them a ‘Gypsy’...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012

Review of Comfort Food

Comfort Food

Kiran Ahluwalia

Top of the World

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

Indo-Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia has flown somewhat under the radar in Europe, winning Songlines’ 2009 Best Newcomer award only after...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2024

Review of Sarayland

Sarayland

Sarr e Roma

Snail Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the 1980s Sarajevo's Sarr e Roma were one of the most prominent Yugoslav Gypsy bands, with a number of...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Orchestra Popolare Campana

Orchestra Popolare Campana

Orchestra Popolare Campana

CM Records

Rating: ★★★

Ever since Orchestra della Notte della Taranta took the stage at the massively well-attended Melpignano folklore night, and the formation...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2013

Review of The Songs of Edward Capern the Postman Poet

The Songs of Edward Capern the Postman Poet

Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

English Fiddle

Rating: ★★★

Edward Capern only had four months of schooling. He lived much of his life in the north Devon town of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017

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