Reviews | Songlines

Reviews

Review of Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies

Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies

Luke Daniels

Gael Music

Rating: ★★★★

Luke Daniels' four solo albums since his days as the well-respected button accordion virtuoso heard on Riverdance or with the...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Dentro Desse Mar

Dentro Desse Mar

Danças Ocultas

Top of the World

Galileo

Rating: ★★★★

The accordion might sound neither very dancy nor particularly occult, but this quartet from Águeda near Porto do something with...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Visuma Vizoša Tumsa

Visuma Vizoša Tumsa

ZeMe

CPL-Music

Rating: ★★

ZeMe was created by two Latvian musicians: DJ Monsta (Uldis Cirulis) and kokle (traditional Latvian zither) master Laima Jansone. Their...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Mediterranean Quartet

Mediterranean Quartet

Matia Levréro & Tcha Limberger

Lejazzetal Records

Rating: ★★

Belgian Gypsy violinist Tcha Limberger has featured several times in these pages for his excellent jazz manouche, Hungarian Gypsy and...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Ked’ Vojačik Narukoval

Ked’ Vojačik Narukoval

Zuzana Homolová Trio

Slnko Records

Rating: ★★★

I love the design of this album. With its distressed sleeve and retro typography, it looks like something I might...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Sara Correia

Sara Correia

Sara Correia

Universal Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★★

Occasionally, a new voice reminds us that traditional fado is still very much alive and proves that the pop or...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Respeitosa Mente

Respeitosa Mente

Ricardo Ribeiro

Warner Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★★

Although there is no obvious trace of Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil in Respeitosa Mente, it is hard to imagine...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Sempre

Sempre

Katia Guerreiro

KG Produções

Rating: ★★★

It's no wonder that Katia Guerreiro, looking for a new direction in her career, chose to work with José Mário...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Félix Lajkó & Vołosi

Félix Lajkó & Vołosi

Félix Lajkó

Top of the World

Fonó

Rating: ★★★★★

The opening of this album sounds like you've stumbled into an astonishing cadenza in the middle of a violin concerto....

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Echo

Echo

Ben Walker

Top of the World

Folkroom Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Ben Walker is hailed as one of the world's finest acoustic guitarists, for the half dozen brilliant albums he made...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

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