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Review of Transe de Papier

Transe de Papier

Lo'Jo

Top of the World

Yotanka

Rating: ★★★★★

Welcome to a world of poetry nourished by multiple musical influences from various remote corners of the planet. The latest...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: January/2021

Review of Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon

Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★

It is always welcome to see albums of music that bring more local traditions to a wider audience, and this...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2014

Review of Peace Love Ukulele

Peace Love Ukulele

Jake Shimabukuro

Hitchhike

Rating: ★★

With his new catchphrase – ‘if everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place’ – Hawaiian ukulele...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of The Butterfly

The Butterfly

Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider

Top of the World

In a Circle/251 Records

Rating: ★★★★

Teaming up with classical musicians has almost become a rite of passage for the accomplished traditional musician. Sometimes such collaborations...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019

Review of Supra

Supra

Iberi

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Unaccompanied Georgian choral music has become hugely and globally popular among listeners and amateur singers, and there are plentiful examples...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2022

Review of The Best of Vis-A-Vis in Congo Style

The Best of Vis-A-Vis in Congo Style

Vis-A-Vis

Top of the World

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★★

Earlier this year Songlines reviewed the reissue of Obi Agye Me Dofo, a rare 1977 album from the golden age...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Rwandance

Rwandance

Andi Otto

Shika Shika

Rating: ★★★★

Moments in German multi-instrumentalist Andi Otto's third album could easily find home on experimental dance floors, but that doesn't mean...

Reviewed by Nick Hann in issue: December/2019

Review of Suspiro

Suspiro

Suonno d’Ajere

Italian World Beat

Rating: ★★★★

Canzone napoletana, the world’s best-known Italian popular music, has enthralled Suonno d’Ajere (Yesterday’s Dream) – a young Neapolitan trio employing...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2022

Review of More Arriving

More Arriving

Sarathy Korwar

Top of the World

The Leaf Label

Rating: ★★★★

Born in the US, raised and educated in India and a London resident for the past decade, the percussionist and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Mn Bo To

Mn Bo To

BaranBand

Global Music Centre

Rating: ★★

Iranian brothers Marouf and Gian Majidi lead the BaranBand from Finland. The Majidis are Kurds and the liner notes for...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2017

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