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
There has always been some tension between Bulgaria as a modern industrialised nation – a member of the European Union,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
Echoes of Spain are an Anglo-Spanish flamenco guitar duo who have just self-produced their first album. They are both more...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2017
Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Temelkovski, has recently brought out his first album, a captivating suite of soulful melodies, intoxicating rhythms and...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: December/2021
Back in the days when there were still live gigs, Songlines gave an enthusiastic review to a 2018 London concert...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
Taraf de Haidouks & Koçani Orkestar
Ten years ago Romania's super fast Gypsy fiddling stars Taraf de Haidouks teamed up with Macedonian brass band the Koçani...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Diffraction occurs when light spreads out as a result of passing across an edge or through a small space. Ollie...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2017
The 13th release from Habibi Funk comes from the golden age of Sudanese music. It's by Sharhabil Ahmed, the actual...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Released in 1966, this was the Mahotella Queens' debut, comprising their first seven singles plus B-sides recorded over the previous...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
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