Reviews
Del Canto Gitano: Music of Ancient Andalusia
The Moorish-occupied Iberian Peninsula, usually referred to as Al-Andalus, is an endless source of fascination. It was a period of...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2021
The Rough Guide to the Music of India
It must be a thankless task being asked to compile one CD that sums up the whole of a musical...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Foxlight
It's taken the County Cork-born former Afro Celts singer six years to follow up his staggeringly visceral Invisible Fields, which...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011
Indiens Des Plaines: Chants et Danses de Cérémonie et de Guerre
Capturing the aural magnificence of a pow wow is always going to be hard; the sight and sound of circles...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014
Edge of the Sun
The music of Joey Burns and John Convertino, Calexico's core members, has long explored the Tex-Mex sounds of the cactus-strewn...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2015
M'berra
In 2018 the Italian producer Khalab – aka Raffaele Costantino – released the wildly acclaimed Black Noise 2084, an album...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021
Breaking the Thermometer
The American-Haitian singer and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla, who made her name with Carolina Chocolate Drops, won a Songlines Music Award...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
