Reviews Search | Songlines

Reviews

Review of Veer

Veer

Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha

Waulk Records

Rating: ★★★

Griselda Sanderson and Ricardo de Noronha met on stage a couple of years ago and have been making music together...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2017

Review of Aquai

Aquai

Domo Emigrantes

Domo Emigrantes

Rating: ★★★

Translating as ‘Here’ in the Salento dialect of southern Italy that used to be called Calabria, Aquai is Domo Emigrantes'...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: December/2018

Review of Saz Power

Saz Power

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ironhand Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived by Demir Kerem Atay (who records under the name Elektro Hafiz), this compilation places the saz (lute) right in...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of La Huerta

La Huerta

Tori Sparks

Glass Mountain Records

Rating: ★★★

Five years ago, American singer-songwriter Tori Sparks moved from Nashville to Barcelona. She took with her a guitar and a...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017

Review of Braziliance!

Braziliance!

Marcos Valle

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

‘First came Gilberto, then Jobim, and now MARCOS VALLE BRAZILIANCE!’ runs the breathless blurb on the original sleeve of this...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: April/2020

Review of Day to Day

Day to Day

Sarathy Korwar

Top of the World

Ninja Tune

Rating: ★★★★

There are some parts of the African diaspora – like the US or Jamaica – that are well-known. But the...

Reviewed by Jake Hulyer in issue: October/2016

Review of On the Rock

On the Rock

Ofra Harnoy

Analekta

Rating: ★★★★

On the Rock takes 14 beloved songs, jigs and reels from Newfoundland and sends them gently spinning in a new...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2021

Review of Light a Candle

Light a Candle

Forró in the Dark

Top of the World

Nublu Records/Nat Geo Music NGM003

Rating: ★★★★★

Forró is an eternally sunny, jiggy dance from north¬eastern Brazil that became very popular in the 1990s with the São...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Yaho Bele/Say Yeah

Yaho Bele/Say Yeah

Badume’s Band & Selamnesh Zéméné

Top of the World

Innacor Records

Rating: ★★★★

Badume’s Band are one of the mainstays of European Ethio-jazz, with over a decade of experience as the go-to backing...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021

Review of The Rough Guide to Salsa

The Rough Guide to Salsa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

This selection by Pablo Yglesias (aka DJ Bongohead) has been tested on the dance floor and is aimed at the...

Reviewed by Daniela Rosselson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Subscribe from only £7.50

Start your journey and discover the very best music from around the world.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Songlines magazine.

Find out more