Reviews
Koonyum Sun
How many people who’ve appeared in the 70-odd issues of Songlines have ever been anointed with the title ‘World’s Sexiest...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
African Dances
Shina Williams & His African Percussionists
A classic LP of 1970s Nigerian music, African Dances became a highly collectible vinyl release from a country that was...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Project Locrea
The American capital is a hub, where many great musicians from all corners of the world for years have put...
Reviewed by Torben Holleufer in issue: July/2022
Isbrytaren
If there is any rivalry between the nations Sweden and Norway, it’s been set aside by this duo for 50...
Reviewed by Gus Isherwood in issue: October/2013
The Longest River
Olivia Chaney released EPs in 2010 and 2013, contributed towards the Peter Bellamy tribute album Oak Ash and Thorn, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015
Starshine
Taiwan sadly remains an afterthought in the world music community so having another A Moving Sound album arrive in 2022,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2022
In Full Flight
Having taken a five– year gap between his first two albums and forced us to endure a three–year wait, no...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2010
Sigh of the Moor
This simply gorgeous self-released album from intriguing UK-based crew the Jadid Ensemble, based in north-west England, leaves you wanting to...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Around Félicité OST
Kasai Allstars & Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste
It comes as a surprise when, three songs in, the signature buzz, clatter and twang of the Congolese collective Kasai...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2017
