Reviews
Immigrants
When Songlines interviewed Nitin Sawhney in October 2019, he discussed the 20th anniversary of his landmark 1999 album Beyond Skin...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021
Ceremonial
Ceremonial is the second album from Masaaki Yoshida, a Tokyo-born electronic musician who currently resides in London. This release has...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: April/2016
Fado Tango
Cristina Branco is a conceptualist. Each of her albums, ever since 2003's debut Sensus, approaches fado according to a vision,...
Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Trova
Marta Topferova is an exciting example of a new generation of musician-composers as adept in Caribbean and South American music...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2010
The Singer of Tales
The sevdah of the western Balkans, especially associated with Bosnia and Herzegovina occupies a space between folk and art music,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2020
Mzansi
For his latest release, South African flautist Wouter Kellerman offers up a blend of music from around the world –...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Sun Dogs
Comprising Ireland's Nuala Kennedy and Norway's Frode Haltli and Vegar Vårdal, Snowflake Trio provide a rare mix of jigs and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2019
Painted Sands
You can almost taste the spices and smell the sweat of the Silk Road, the kicked-up dirt from millions of...
Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: July/2018
Sufis at the Cinema: 50 years of Bollywood Qawwali & Sufi Song 1958-2007
Twenty-five tracks and over 150 minutes of film music at its best, this compilation from Saregama has got to be...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
