Reviews
A Tiempo Real
Poetry ripples through this album of traditional Spanish songs from Toledo-based ensemble Vigüela. It's in the song titles – ‘The...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018
La Voz Del Mar
Hailing from Guapi on the Pacific Coast, but residing in Cali, Colombia, Xiomara Torres displays both her traditional roots and...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: November/2022
To the Mother of Gods
Anatolian Weapons & Seirios Savvaidis
Anatolian Weapons is a guise of DJ electronicist Aggelos Baltas, and Seirios Savvaidis is a singer-songwriter who is much younger...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019
Thrace: The Paths of Dionysus
The Rodopi Ensemble, comprising violin, clarinet, kanun, assorted percussion and lute plus vocals, was formed during the 1990s in this...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: April/2019
Songs of Thessaloniki
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico
Since the 1990s, Greek soprano Savina Yannatou has established herself as an experimental interpreter of pan-Mediterranean folk songs. Primavera en...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: July/2015
Shindu Shi
On his previous album, Kenyan musician Fadhilee Itulya celebrated the dance music of Western Kenya's Isukha and Idakho communities. His...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021
Aonair
David Munnelly is a button accordion player whose musical roots in Irish music stretch far, to French, Gypsy, swing and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019
Pangea
Pangea is the hypothetical super¬continent, a land mass without borders, whose break-up gave us the continents we know today. Chet...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: March/2012
Tapes of Utopia
This cassette (which is also available as a download, obviously) brims with infectious music, lyrics and a hard-wired utopian variety...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2021
The Nile: The Song of the Rivers
Rivers can be the basis of a beautiful musical journey. Songlines #1 covered a splendid Virgin Classics three-CD set that...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
