Reviews
En Paris – Live at FIP
Lila Downs, with her unique blend of original songs and reworked classics emphasising human-rights politics, is one of Mexico's great...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Aquarius
Antonio Carlos Jobim once called Joyce one of the greatest singers of all time – praise that the ageless Brazilian...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Peru: Music of the Awajún and Wampis Amazonia, Cenepa Valley
Assessing an album of 36 brief pieces of music from small Amazonian settlements in Peru is a challenging task. The...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Brésil: Le Chant du Nordeste 1928-1950
With Brazil's north-east so strongly identified in recent decades with the whirl of forró, you'd be forgiven for thinking its...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Oro
Grammy-nominated darlings Choc Quib Town are the real deal: a trio who preserve the heritage of such traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Mango Mangüé
The Vampisoul label is a gem, constantly unearthing surprises, and this fabulous collection rediscovers the Cuban singer– composer El Gran...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Vital
Tango is one of those realms where Songlines’ already wide-open world music remit frequently brushes dandruff-speckled shoulders with the classical...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
El Gaucho
El Gaucho is the superbly atmospheric soundtrack to Andrés Jarach's documentary road movie about Andrés Retamal, a taciturn Argentinian horse–...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
