Buddy Miller produced Richard Thompson's latest album in his home studio in Nashville. It shows in the sound, which swings...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Marking the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, this compilation is named after the island’s motto, ‘Out of Many,’ Drawing on...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
There ought to be nothing surprising about an all-female mariachi band, but this particular branch of Mexican music has such...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018
The global music community is beginning to notice another pioneering band from Portland, Oregon that has built a devoted local...
Reviewed by Jeff Hammarlund in issue: July/2012
Readers of Songlines will need no reminder of how the combination of Ry Cooder's meticulous production, a cast of veteran...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021
Firstly (as he must surely be heartily sick of hearing by now), this Colin Farrell is not the famously rowdy...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Herbie Hancock was reputedly knocked out by Benin-born Lionel Loueke's guitar playing. It is indeed something special. On ‘Guira’, he...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2019
Amkoullel's Mali is a little different to the West African country of koras and calabashes, Toumanis and Djelimadys, percussion ensembles,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011
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