Reviews
The Ethiopian: Open the Gate of Zion
After recording solo ska singles at Studio One, Leonard Dillon formed The Ethiopians harmony trio in the rock steady era...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Jaipur to Cairo
Cuatro Puntos Resident Musicians
Using traditional music as the medium to compose Western classical music, Jaipur to Cairo is a collection of works by...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: October/2019
80s World Music Classics: When The World Was Young
Like the compilers of this collection, back in the 1980s I turned to the sounds of Africa and other parts...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: June/2011
Lady Mondegreen
Once upon a time, Dani Aubert and Ian George spent ten months driving around Europe, the UK and Ireland with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
Planetario
The distinctive characteristic of Novalima has always been their focus on reinvigorating Afro-Peruvian music with new electronic fusions. On their...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Dreams of Andalusia
It was only a couple of issues ago that Joglaresa’s Dancing in Tetouan was reviewed in Songlines (#62) and it...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2010
9 Dead Alive
After lavishly augmenting their acoustic guitars with a swinging Cuban orchestra on 2012’s Area 52, the ever-popular Mexican duo return...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
A Day Like Tomorrow
Fabian Holland has been praised for his guitar playing, which is fluid, elegant and blues-tinged but not over-elaborate. The same...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2015
