Reviews
Found Music
Amit Chaudhuri continues his experiments from This is Not Fusion, and it’s a rich and provocative journey he’s taking us...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Collaborations
Ravi Shankar & George Harrison
Given the high profile of the collaborators, it’s surprising that the various joint projects, undertaken over more than 25 years...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Al Wa’ Debt
Va Fan Fahreareanother instance of the north-west European love affair with all sounds Balkan. But the 11-strong brass band have...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel/Palestine
Leon Rosselson, Reem Kelani & Janet Russell
I seem to have been emotionallyinvolved with the Israel/Palestine conflict for most of my life’, explains satirist and political singer-songwriter...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
O Houria
It’s a hard heart that can’t listen to Souad Massi’s carillon voice and not be moved. The Algerian singer-songwriter has...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Mali Latino
Alex Wilson, Madou Sidiki Diabaté & Ahmed Fofana
British-born Renaissance man Alex Wilson has sweated buckets over this project, which sees him fusing Mande and Afro-Latin sounds with...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
A New Day – Laya Project Remixed
Back in #59, Songlines reviewed a singular music project that saw producer and composer Patrick Sebag go in search of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Welcome to my World
One of Britain's most unpredictable musicians, Jah Wobble moves between musical styles like few others. After recent passions for Chinese...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Audio Descriptive
Shammi Pithia says he owes a debt to fellow British Asian musician Nitin Sawhney. On the evidence of his 16-track...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
AfroCubism
Fourteen years after the improvised sessions that begat Buena Vista Social Club, World Circuit returns to its original vision: an...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
