Reviews
Who Say I Tire
As a Nigerian musician, composer and bandleader who reached his peak in the early 70s, Segun Bucknor has inevitably been...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2010
Psalms of Loneliness
The tanbur is a sacred instrument for many Kurdish people. It has a powerful voice, as a statement of cultural...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2010
Koonyum Sun
How many people who’ve appeared in the 70-odd issues of Songlines have ever been anointed with the title ‘World’s Sexiest...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
Second Avenue Square Dance
Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys
Second Avenue Square Dance is the second CD on Traditional Crossroads by Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys (Barry...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2010
The Wages
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
The initial signs are good – a three-piece country blues outfit from the back hills of Indiana with a clear...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
Tasca Beat
It’s little wonder that it took almost ten years for OqueStrada to release their first album. It wasn’t a question...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2010
Eusebio
Two years ago the Italian singer Giulia Tellarini and her chums were among the multi-national swarms of tourists strumming guitars...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Between 1972 and 1997, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra cut a unique and much¬loved swathe through that musical realm where folk,...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: October/2010
Chicken & Egg
The 13th studio album from one of contemporary America's most prolific, adventurous and adaptable folk/country musicians, Chicken & Egg is...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010
The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
The music of Afghanistan is something of a cause célèbre for Simon Broughton and here he presents his personal selection...
Reviewed by John Baily in issue: October/2010
