Gurrumul, the blind indigenous Australian vocalist, has achieved remarkable international success with his soft folk-pop music. While he sings in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
With planet Earth facing myriad apocalypse-inducing crises, Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads, is a timely project....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
The KutiMangoes started with a simple musical goal in mind: Fela Kuti meets Charles Mingus. Such giants in their field...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017
Those who read the recent debate in Songlines about global hip-hop and share a fear that the ubiquity of rap...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
Behind the enigmatic stage names and identities of French singer Emilie Hanak lies a girl exploring her multiple roots through...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Siblings Shannon, Solon and Jeremiah McDade have been steeped in folk music from childhood, playing in a family band with...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: December/2021
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