Reviews

Plastic Bouquet

Kacy & Clayton

Songlines readers of a certain vintage and musical proclivity will recall It’s a Beautiful Day, a San Francisco- based folk-rock...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/2021

Azerbaijani Gitara

Rüstəm Quliyev

As well as a hot contender for this year’s Most Charmingly Naff Cover Photo award, the inside of this album...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2021

Østerlide

Østerlide

Norwegian trio 0sterlide cannot be accused of overstatement. This album of folk vignettes is so subtle as to at times...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2021

Live at St George’s

O’Hooley & Tidow

One of British folk’s best-loved dynamic duos (and now with a baby son attached), O’Hooley and Tidow marked ten years...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021

Longoz

Ann O’aro

A brooding trombone blaring single, mournful tones; then, on top, a voice made of silk and smoke conjures an image...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2021

In Trad We Trust

Sväng

This irrepressible Finnish harmonica quartet have delighted and astonished us for 17 years, producing eight albums ranging music from Sibelius...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/2021

Mariza Canta Amalia

Mariza

In her salad days as the young pretender, Mariza was as embarrassed as she was flattered by the comparison with...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021

Silver Sanctuary

Zedashe Ensemble

Zedashe are an accomplished polyphonic choir from Georgia, based in the fortress city of Sighnaghi in the wine-growing area of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2021

LateNightTales

Khruangbin

Back in 2013, the hugely popular DJ, Bonobo, included a song from a then unknown Houston psych-funk group on his...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: January/2021

Trench Songs

The Fugitives

You might think an album of trench songs, featuring lyrics written by soldiers in World War I, would make for...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: January/2021