Reviews
Baba Toulenga
I'd wager that very few musicians under scrutiny in these pages, in this issue or any other, have graced the...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2011
Mistico Mediterraneo
Paolo Fresu, A Filetta & Daniele di Bonaventura
That the simple movement of air can make such haunting sounds as the opening of this album is miraculous. The...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: July/2011
Walsh & Pound
In these uninspiring times, in which Autotune software retains a strange stranglehold over popular music, Walsh & Pound might seem...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2011
American Legacies
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Del McCoury Band
What's most surprising about this unlikely collaboration between two groups – one rooted in traditional New Orleans jazz, the other...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: July/2011
Salsa Brothers
Hot on the heels of DJ Lubi Jovanovic's recent compilation for Nascente, Salsa Funk Experience (reviewed in Songlines #75), comes...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2011
Afrodiaspora
Susana Baca's new disc has been well worth the wait. It's infused with the natural grace that has always made...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: July/2011
The Art of the Portuguese Fado Guitar
Custódio Castelo is one of today's finest players of the 12-stringed Portuguese guitar. He is perhaps best known as the...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
Dumnonia
He may be best known for his collaboration with the Essex folk quartet, Mawkin, but Jim Causley is very definitely...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Starlight Hotel
Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers
Zoe Muth has been called Seattle's answer to Emmylou Harris, Kitty Wells or Iris Dement, depending on who you believe....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
Heyma
Abir Nasraoui is a radio presenter, author and singer from Tunisia, based in Paris. Her mantelpiece groans under the weight...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: June/2011
