Reviews
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
Hurry the Jug
Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan
Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan's long comradeship in countless live sessions pays crisp, spryly accented dividends aplenty in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2020
Banjophony
The poor old banjo has long been the butt of jokes – even banjo maestro Ron Block himself has been...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2018
Black Tarantella
The Neapolitan composer, saxophonist and singer crosses paths here with a dozen world music artists, rock celebrities and prominent Italian...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Sam Sweeney's Fiddle: Made in the Great War
In 2008, Sam Sweeney bought a new instrument – at least, it appeared to be new. But a label inside...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Walk With Me
It’s been a tough couple of years for The Skatalites. Two of the legendary ska group’s founding members passed away...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Maloya Malbar
Is La Réunion the new Cuba? Just as the music of the latter pulsed ubiquitously through the late 90s and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2023
En Casa Limón
Although a long time resident of the US, David Broza’s background is from the UK, Spain and Israel, where he...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2020
Live in Detroit 1986
This is a recording of Fela Anikulapo Kuti performing with Egypt 80 at Detroit’s Fox Theatre in 1986. He’d just...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2012
Kekete Bue
One of the first Congolese artists to come to Europe and popularise the commercial soukous sound at the beginning of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2022
