Reviews
Anba Tonèl
The Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde is devoted to old-time Caribbean ballroom music, in which Africa met Europe in the Creole...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2018
Chico & Rita
The animated feature film Chico & Rita was released last year to rave reviews. Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Trans-Continental Hustle
Everyone's favourite Gypsy punk outfit is back with their fifth album and yes, it's another big musical mash-up of klezmer,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
Tariq
The composer Jaume Compte has explored the music of southern Europe and the Middle East with a number of different...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2015
Pangea
Pangea is the hypothetical super¬continent, a land mass without borders, whose break-up gave us the continents we know today. Chet...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: March/2012
Tapes of Utopia
This cassette (which is also available as a download, obviously) brims with infectious music, lyrics and a hard-wired utopian variety...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2021
The Nile: The Song of the Rivers
Rivers can be the basis of a beautiful musical journey. Songlines #1 covered a splendid Virgin Classics three-CD set that...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
African Voices
The art of a good compilation is to take the listener seamlessly from track to track even when there appears...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2012
Meeting of Hearts
Based on the cover alone, you might assume that Meeting of Hearts was something to do with a Jewish self-help...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
