Reviews
Frigya
Imed Alibi is a Tunisian percussionist with a curious mind. Not content to take the predictable path, his two previous...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2022
Birl-esque
Birl – meaning to dance or, in relation to the fiddle, a rapid percussive shivering of the bow – is...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2018
Saath Saath
Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia
It is barely nine months since Chatterjee earned a three-page feature in Songlines (December 2021, #173) for his splendid album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022
Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 5
If you’re one of those people for whom vintage Brazilian music never grows old, Nicola Conte’s annual collections of rare...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2013
Gala de la Chanson Francarabe
This wonderfully savoury compilation comes from a field still relatively little known in world music circles, in spite of the...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014
Making Waves
Luke Daniels’ Revolve and Rotate EP featured the sounds of the extraordinary Polyphon, a sort of vaudevillian organic-analogue synth –...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2017
Pearly Clouds
Pearly Clouds are a trio comprising American guitarist Gary Lucas, Hungarian singer Enikő Szabó and jazz saxophonist Tóni Dezső. Lucas...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2016
Cross the Line
Hailing from Orkney, and mentored by Douglas Montgomery (The Chair, Saltfishforty), the all-female group Fara is comprised of Jennifer Austin...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2016
Natural Mind
Anyone who's read Child of Tibet, the moving autobiography of Tibetan singer-songwriter Soname [reviewed in #39], will appreciate the extent...
Reviewed by Mark Trewin in issue: March/2013
