Reviews
I Heard the Voice of a Donut
Screamin’ Miss Jackson & The Slap Ya Mama Big Band
‘I’m just trying to have fun,’ insists the lyric of the penultimate track ‘Old Bones’. Taken as the prime directive...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2016
Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion
Lost & Undone is a bona fide gospel album, graced by songs popularised by legendary country and bluegrass artists and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014
Japanese Traditional Music: Koto and Shamisen, 1941
Despite the crackling sound quality, World Arbiter’s third reissue of early Japanese 78s is your only choice for a single-CD...
Reviewed by David Hughes in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Live at Abbey Road
Joseph Tawadros & James Tawadros
Joseph Tawadros is an Australian oud virtuoso who blends the music of his Egyptian heritage with a variety of more...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Java
Over the past decade or so, the Samba-sunda collective have done more than anyone to proselytise on behalf of music...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: March/2012
A Breath Against the Calm
Root & Branch are a quintet playing music from the UK, Ireland and the Appalachians on mandolin, fiddles, bouzouki, banjo,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2019
The Untied Knot
While some bands fall into repetition after a few albums, others continue to evolve and develop, still finding inspiration and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali
So, just how does one represent a musical powerhouse of a nation such as Mali in just one CD? Well,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2014
The Same But Different
Songlines readers may know Dan Walsh as one half of harmonica-banjo duo Walsh & Pound [featured as a Making Waves...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
