Reviews
Shakkar
2011 Songlines Newcomer Artist Award-winner Raghu Dixit has been busy of late composing and performing as a playback singer for...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
Live in Aspen
The Aspen Music Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary this year with the release of this live recording from 2022. Sharon...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
From Berlin to Buenos Aires
The Argentine element comes courtesy of guitarist and composer Carlos Moscardini, a giant in that country’s folk music history. Berlin...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
Towards the Light
Three musicians from different parts of the globe get together in Montréal, Canada, and decide to form a band. There’s...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
Fracassines
Musician and producer Olivier Conan moved from Paris to New York in his 20s. Having immersed himself in tropical Latin...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
Tchopo
Kate Griffin, UK banjo player, and Matchume Zango, a multi-instrumentalist from Mozambique, met online in 2020 during a Making Tracks...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
soFa – Elsewhere CC
Billed as a ‘digger’s paradise for tropical gems,’ DJ soFa’s latest compilation spans 1972 to 2023, inspiring listeners to imagine...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
Wulansih
Peni Candra Rini is a Javanese singer whom I first saw performing with Kronos Quartet in their last London show...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
Fidl Afire
Violinist Alicia Svigals was one of the founding members of The Klezmatics and played with them for 17 years. She’s...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
Maison Maquis
This third album by one of France’s leading avant-pop bands is as whacky and genre-defying as the name the two...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
