Reviews
Gamelan of Central Java XIV: Ritual Sounds of Sekaten
Sekaten is the sacred gamelan music. In Java, it is played in only a few mosques, and only during the...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Two Wolves
Marry Waterson & David A Jaycock
Marry Waterson is an intriguingly contradictory artist. Her singing is restrained, almost shy, and at the same time intense and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2016
In Between Times
While Gaudi’s career has evolved from producer to solo artist, his experiments in electronica have always stayed true to dub....
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Ginga: The Sound of Brazilian Football
Ginga is a kind of football-specific Brazilian equivalent of ‘mojo,’ which the national team seem to have lost during the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Møya og Myten
This is traditional music sung by a trio whose backgrounds are in folk, jazz and improvisation. And it works brilliantly....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2013
Preço de Cada Um
A collector’s dream, with a copyright so obscure Mr Bongo Iitself couldn’t track it down, Prego de Cada Um was...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2011
Ghetto Songs
In 2016 Frank London (The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave etc) was invited to be artist-in-residence for the celebration of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2021
Agitator
Many Songlines readers will know Radik Tyulyush through his long-term involvement with the Tuvan throat-singing ‘supergroup,’ Huun-Huur-Tu. Although he spent...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: May/2017
Incantations
In recent years, there has been an effort to broaden the expressional potentials of Iranian classical music. The genre has...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: May/2022
