This album, a rerelease of Hawaiian guitar music recorded roughly 30 years ago, is a little like the aural version...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2012
At the very tip of Italy, Calabria has been the gateway to Greek civilization, a heritage Ettore Castagna, founding member...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2022
The liner notes of this compilation of 18 tracks from World Music Network's excellent back catalogue claim that youthful listeners...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derive their name, as you might expect, from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014
Sponsored by UNESCO and conceived by the Catalan musician Jordi Savall as a cultural history of slavery and a homage...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
Songlines is 20 years old, but this album is 21, and it's now receiving a welcome reissue, bolstered by Under...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2019
Various Artists/Sameyda Ensemble
This CD reissues two albums: a collection of field recordings by Indian ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya, issued as Turkisk Musik in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
This meticulously recorded disc aims to push the boundaries of Coimbra fado in the same way many have already done...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Guitarist, composer and occasional singer Mose Fan Fan is one of the few survivors of Congo’s Orchestre OK Jazz to...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
It would seem that Strut's summertime Salsa Explosion (reviewed in Songlines #72) was really just a starter for this, more...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2011
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