Reviews
Koonyum Sun
How many people who’ve appeared in the 70-odd issues of Songlines have ever been anointed with the title ‘World’s Sexiest...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Second Avenue Square Dance
Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys
Second Avenue Square Dance is the second CD on Traditional Crossroads by Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys (Barry...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Anywhere On This Road
The series we’d hoped would run forever is over. Charlie Gillett's annual double-disc survey of his favourite sounds from the...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
The Sky Above the Roof
Harp, bass, drum – doesn’t sound much of an energy-hogging power trio. But Solus 3 manage to generate plenty of...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Indigenous Matter: Music from Africa & the Americas
Musician-producer, Chris Warwick took advantage of his travels around the Americas and West Africa in the 80s, to record music...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Cultura Impura
Bands from the Minas Gerais, such as Ctnexão Tribal African Beat, have been offering choice meetings of Afro-beat and Brazilian...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
No Visa Required
Lokkhi Terra is the recording name of Bangladeshi-Londoner Kishon Khan – a pianist who has played with the likes of...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Ommadawn
Examples of world music before it was called world music keep turning up in the most unlikely places, and here’s...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Listen to the Banned
You need to hear this record – as much for the quality of the music as for what it represents....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
