Reviews
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Originally formed back in 2003, as a quasi-attempt to set a new world record for the most horn musicians playing...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013
Rosa e Azul
The last time Songlines reviewed Alliye was for her 2006 release Arrebol, when she was living in Paris as Aline...
Reviewed by Alexander Robinson in issue: October/2022
The Bear’s Revenge
Moulettes have been conjuring up a mystical world with poetic lyrics and richly textured music for the last ten years,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Albores
The Argentinian bandoneón maestro Dino Saluzzi is a rara avis. He doesn’t play the nostalgic tango-covers card. Nor, despite hailing...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
Boue, Boucane, et Bouteilles
Jourdan Thibodeaux et Les Rodailleurs
The good times are rolling with beaucoup Cajun-Creole chemistry on Boue, Boucane, et Bouteilles (Mud, Smoke and Bottles), the debut...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Receiver
Receiver begins with a fiddle drone, as if this has been going on already and you have happened upon it....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2020
Grifone
A primadonna in contemporary Italian folk, Maria Mazzotta lives between her hometown Salento and the French Pyrenees. She has a...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2021
Mama Funny Day
Was Manu Chao hugely influential or so eclectic that it's hard not to nick some aspect of his style? A...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
