Reviews
Dža Dža Dzum
Back in the 1980s, the writer Malcolm Bradbury wrote Rates of Exchange, an eye-wateringly funny novel set in a fictitious...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2017
Hommage à Marcel Dadi
Tunisian-born French guitarist Marcel Dadi was a master of the fingerpicking style associated with Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. A...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: May/2017
Maya: Bickram Ghosh’s Dedication to Ravi Shankar
One oft-cited example of the musicianship of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, is that he was the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2017
Green & Blue
This Denver, Colorado-based sibling duo of Joanna Hyde (fiddle, vocals) and her brother Iain (guitar, mandolin, vocals) craft an elegant...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2017
An Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii
This double CD is essential for anyone wishing to gain a balanced, comprehensive perspective of the many versions of overtone/undertone...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2017
Best of Baluji Shrivastav
The British-Indian composer Baluji Shrivastav is an outsider where Indian music is concerned. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays sitar as well...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2017
Cracks in the Room
Eased into existence via a Kickstarter campaign and produced by Chris Wood – his first production job on music other...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2017
Agitator
Many Songlines readers will know Radik Tyulyush through his long-term involvement with the Tuvan throat-singing ‘supergroup,’ Huun-Huur-Tu. Although he spent...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: May/2017
A Black & Tan Ball
Ben Hunter, Phil Wiggins & Joe Seamons
This may not be a concert recording, but it has all the spontaneity, intimacy and magic of a great gig:...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2017
Uyai
The UK-based band fronted by British-Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams continue from where they left off – with confidence and swagger...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2017
