Reviews
Siriá
Wild yelps, rattling drums, relentless riffs and booming brass - this is the sound of an Amazonian street party. To...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2014
The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali
So, just how does one represent a musical powerhouse of a nation such as Mali in just one CD? Well,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2014
Radio Niger
This not the typical Songlines album – for one thing there’s no listing of some of the often brilliant artists...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2014
A Dotted Line
A quarter-century after capturing the imagination of the bluegrass community as pre-teen prodigies, Chris Thile (mandolin/vocals), Sara Watkins (fiddle/vocals) and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2014
Casa de Trova: Cuba 50s
A decade or so ago, this album would have been one among dozens. With the decline of the CD trade,...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014
Cape Jazz Series Vol 4: Musical Democracy
It would be crass to call the Cape Jazz Band ‘South Africa’s Buena Vista Social Club.’ But somebody’s got to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
Soô
Perhaps it was recording 2012’s Brothers in Bamako with the American bluesman Eric Bibb that persuaded Habib Koité it was...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
Safar
Here comes another new project from the new Tunisia. Except it is not quite the new Tunisia, but rather, the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
La Vendange
La Très Illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir
This weird and wonderful project is the brainchild of three Dutch musicians – Marijn de Valk, Rik Bosch and Daan...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
La Tsadika
I reviewed Mor Karbasi’s debut album The Beauty and the Sea five years ago with heady enthusiasm. Her vibrant vocal...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: June/2014
