Reviews
Andina: The Sound of the Peruvian Andes, Huayno, Carnaval and Cumbia 1968-1978
It's become fashionable – or at least SEO-savvy – to give records epic subtitles. This album's subtitle is ‘The Sound...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017
Les Années Milan
French accordionist Richard Galliano's work for the Milan label includes lots of Astor Piazzolla numbers, to which he supplies bright,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017
Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Love the likembé-twanging chaos of Konono No 1? Ever have a sneaky listen to Kraftwerk when the electro-mood hits you?...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Bouger le Monde!
Many Songlines'reaiers will first have encountered Staff Benda Bilili on YouTube, with that extraordinary video showing the group singing ‘Na...
Reviewed by Mark Ellingham in issue: October/2012
Kamélé Yeleen
Moussa Pantio Diabaté & Baragnouma
Moussa Pantio Diabaté is a balafon (xylophone) player from Burkina Faso. With the help of Arts Council funding he was...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2013
Afro-Latin: Via Dakar
As readers of Songlines probably know, Latin music was re-Africanised after World War II when wind-up phonographs made it to...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011
There Are Birds in My Garden
This second album from the 20-year-old Derbyshire musician reveals a talent and a sense of adventurousness in terms of instrumentation...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2011
ARARATh
Davit Drambyan, born in Armenia and living and working in Germany, is a musician and composer with a considerable number...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2022
Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali
Over the last few years the Bamako-based producer Paul Chandler has travelled across Mali making field recordings of traditional musicians...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Blue as the Turquoise Night
Eric Jacobson, Kayhan Kalhor, Sandeep Das
The quality of this album comes as no surprise when you discover that it has close connections to Yo-Yo Ma’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2021
