Reviews

Strength to Survive: Deluxe EU Version

SOJA

Last year, Virginia-based reggae outfit SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) released their fourth album Strength to Survive. The title was...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013

The Lines We Draw Together

Rowan Rheingans

The Sheffield fiddler, banjoist and songwriter taps into the rich new vein of folk music with theatre, historical memoir, poetry...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2019

The Victorians

Harp & a Monkey

The fourth studio album from the Manchester trio has been three years in the making. It is produced by Darren...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Lullabies

Jackie Oates

Who else but Jackie Oates could deliver such a fine set of lullabies as this? Over the course of her...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013

Arco Iris

Amina Alaoui

Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui made a memorable recording of Arab-Andalus songs called Alcantara in the early days of Songlines –...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2011

You Got This

Haas Kowert Tice

Cool, swinging and sophisticated, each of the nine all-instrumental tracks on You Got This, strikes a perfect balance between bluegrass,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

A[ch]a-I-Viat[s]a

Asa-i-Viata

Move out of the way: this heady mix of Balkan tunes, electronic beats and myriad international influences is crossover music...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Sing Me Home

Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Ensemble in 2000 to explore the music of the cultures along the ancient...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2016

Common Decency

Hackney Colliery Band

From New Orleans to Rajasthan, via remote Romanian villages and north-of-England colliery towns, there are brass bands playing all over...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

El Grito

Cumbia Chicharra

Cumbia is to 2021 what tango electronica was in 2001; for every dashing, inspired revivalist experiment there are dozens of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2021