How can one possibly put together a compilation of the most exciting, musically adventurous trio in British folk without leaving...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2017
While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2016
Music is in Hollie Cook's blood. Her father is Sex Pistols’ drummer Paul Cook. Having grown up in West London,...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: October/2011
My first experience of Eplemøya Songlag was in an old fashioned wooden room in the old Bank building in the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Asked to name two southern African a capella choirs, many will struggle after nominating Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Songlines readers might...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
The latest ascending Saharan star comes not from Mali, as you might expect, but from Mauritania. Singer and griot Noura...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
A Treasury is just that, a hoard of the best shanties. Furthermore, it’s sung by four of the finest outfits...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012
Originally commissioned as part of Celtic Connections New Voices in 2012, Sleep Sound marks the Edinburgh-based harpist Rutherford's solo debut...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2014
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