Reviews
Zabad, Twilight Tide
I'm used to the word sebil in Turkish meaning ‘Fountain’, but in Arabic it means also ‘Road’ or ‘Way’: both...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2017
Alefa Madagascar! Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984
Another offering from Strut Records' Indian Ocean compilation series, this album of Malagasy songs takes a look at one of...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
The Havana Suite
Ahmed Dickinson & Trio Mestizo
With the current vogue for sharp-edged Cuban sounds – funky timba, relentless reggaeton, heavy duty salsa dura – showing no...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
A Bright Star Has Risen
There has always been some tension between Bulgaria as a modern industrialised nation – a member of the European Union,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
Nuestras Vivencias
Echoes of Spain are an Anglo-Spanish flamenco guitar duo who have just self-produced their first album. They are both more...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2017
The Sound Braka
Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Temelkovski, has recently brought out his first album, a captivating suite of soulful melodies, intoxicating rhythms and...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: December/2021
Putoo Katare Yire
Back in the days when there were still live gigs, Songlines gave an enthusiastic review to a 2018 London concert...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
Band of Gypsies 2
Taraf de Haidouks & Koçani Orkestar
Ten years ago Romania's super fast Gypsy fiddling stars Taraf de Haidouks teamed up with Macedonian brass band the Koçani...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Diffractions
Diffraction occurs when light spreads out as a result of passing across an edge or through a small space. Ollie...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2017
