Reviews Search | Songlines

Reviews

Review of The Wild Atlantic Way: A Journey in Irish Music

The Wild Atlantic Way: A Journey in Irish Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Indi Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★★

Launched in 2014, and claiming to be the world's longest coastal touring route, the Wild Atlantic Way threads itself along...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2015

Review of IYA: Songs for the Mothers

IYA: Songs for the Mothers

London Lucumi Choir

Lucumi Choir Records

Rating: ★★★

For their fifth album, London's Afro-Cuban community choir build on their tradition of performing songs to the Orishas (Yoruba deities)...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2023

Review of Beyond the Trance

Beyond the Trance

Iness Mezel

Top of the World

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Iness Mezel's third album kicks off with the kind of Justin Adams guitar riff you'd find him using as Robert...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of El Gaucho

El Gaucho

Müller & Makaroff

Top of the World

Mañana Music MM425011

Rating: ★★★★

El Gaucho is the superbly atmospheric soundtrack to Andrés Jarach's documentary road movie about Andrés Retamal, a taciturn Argentinian horse–...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Bride of the Zar

Bride of the Zar

Rango

Top of the World

30IPS HOR1821

Rating: ★★★★

Rango is the name of a wooden xylophone and of a tradition that stretches back to Sudanese tribal culture, to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2010

Review of The Magical Voice From Mongolia

The Magical Voice From Mongolia

Urna

Network Medien

Rating: ★★★

This compilation from three previous releases and a selection of recent live recordings showcases the intimate reflective singing of Urna,...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Wild Bill Jones

Wild Bill Jones

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Rating: ★★★★

A staple character in the canon of American folk balladry, Wild Bill Jones is usually depicted as a dashing ne’er-do-well...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013

Review of Good People, Take Warning

Good People, Take Warning

Sarah Makem | The Voice of the People Various Artists | Various Artists

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The first 20 volumes of The Voice of The People, compiled by series editor Reg Hall from Topic Records’ huge...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2012

Review of Viva Tu

Viva Tu

Manu Chao

Because Music

Rating: ★★★★★

It has been 17 years since Manu Chao’s last studio album, 2007’s La Radiolina – but then he has never...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2024

Review of Cosas Raras

Cosas Raras

Rolando Bruno y El Grupo Arevalo

Peace and Rhythm / Electric Cowbell / DJ Cajon Records

Rating: ★★★★

‘I, who was born with Videla / I, who was born without power, I, who fought for freedom but could...

Reviewed by Juan José Relmucao in issue: September/2024

Subscribe from only £7.50

Start your journey and discover the very best music from around the world.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Songlines magazine.

Find out more