Reviews
State of Mind
Despite a career spanning two decades and counting, Zion Train show no signs of slowing down. Emerging out of the...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Njhyi
Hold onto the sides, and open your mind. NOK Cultural Ensemble come at you like a rhythmic juggernaut, fuelled by...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2022
Producing
London-based producer duo Gypsy Hill – two of Batov Records' co-founders, DJ Kobayashi and Herbert Newbert – are that delectable...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019
Djeli
With Ba Cissoko, great musicianship is always guaranteed. A kora player from Guinea, he is perhaps still best known for...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2017
Toy Raha Toy
Toko Telo means ‘Group of Three’ in Malagasy and the band is a trio of Madagascar's top-level talent: D'Gary, Monika...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2017
The Manganiyar Seduction
The Manganiyar Seduction has been an extraordinary international theatrical success. It's a visually striking piece by Indian theatre director Roysten...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Torb
One day Songlines will have to invent a prize for ‘most niche’ music genre and performer. Catalan medieval folk will...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2020
Shame
If Nashville singer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Baiman's debut solo album were a time of day, it would be a warm...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2017
papa JACA
Claudio Kron is a Brazilian percussionist and composer based in the UK, who grew up in Itabuna, a small town...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
Modern Old-Time Sounds for the Bluegrass and Folksong Jamboree
Jamboree is a wonderful, whimsical American word, which generally refers to a lavish, rambunctious celebration or part invariably involving music,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2020
