Reviews
Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition)
Soon after the release of Genuine Negro Jig by Carolina Chocolate Drops in 2010, the album rocketed into the top...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2026
Natural Selection
Klezmer tunes, the spirit of the Balkans' Roma musicians and Celtic influences from Ireland and Scotland all find their launching...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2019
A Beginner’s Guide
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
Nadir
Everything about this double album is pared down: the white and grey cover, marked by a single tiny dot; the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
Causeway Recordings
Endowed with an endearingly streetwise Scottish brogue; sharply honed clawhammer banjo, guitar and harmonica chops; and a flair for equally...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
Baluchistan: The Instrumental Tradition
Ocora has released many fine recordings of lesser-known musical traditions and this album, featuring the instrumental tradition of Balochistan, is...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Resilience: Songs of Uganda
A former member of Uganda's longest lasting and most celebrated group the Afrigo Band, Rachel Magoola has released her seventh...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021
Simido
Siltane, the explosive debut solo album by the singer Moonlight Benjamin, was a Top of the World in #141 and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020
