Reviews
Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of
Originally issued only on CD in 2011, Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of is something of a ‘lost classic’...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2022
Ked’ Vojačik Narukoval
I love the design of this album. With its distressed sleeve and retro typography, it looks like something I might...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
Avant l’Orage
Mesmeric repetition dominates and elevates; this is a real trip of tracks saturated with ancient throwback sounds and tunes which...
Reviewed by Wendy Scott in issue: July/2018
Sølvstrøk
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
Sølvstrøk – the title alone drips with poetry and mystery. It translates as ‘Silverstroke,’ but hang on to that Norwegian...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2023
Mettavolution
The acoustic guitar instrumentals of this Mexican duo have always tended to divide world music fans. Back in 2012, Songlines...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2019
European Howl
Agent Starling is an unusual duo, a pairing of hurdy-gurdy player Quentin Budworth with Louise Duffy-Howard (aka Lou Loudhailer). Back...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2021
Koonyum Sun
How many people who’ve appeared in the 70-odd issues of Songlines have ever been anointed with the title ‘World’s Sexiest...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
African Dances
Shina Williams & His African Percussionists
A classic LP of 1970s Nigerian music, African Dances became a highly collectible vinyl release from a country that was...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Project Locrea
The American capital is a hub, where many great musicians from all corners of the world for years have put...
Reviewed by Torben Holleufer in issue: July/2022
