Reviews Search | Songlines

Reviews

Review of The Indispensable 1955-1962

The Indispensable 1955-1962

Miriam Makeba

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★★★

Once music goes out of its 50-year copyright, open season follows on the reissues market. Two issues ago I reviewed...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2015

Review of Trippin’ the Life Fantastic!

Trippin’ the Life Fantastic!

Kissmet

Buzzin Records

Rating: ★★★★

Possibly the perfect rock crossover album, this combines all the vim and vigour of bhangra music with prog-rock stadium vocals...

Reviewed by Jill Turner in issue: July/2010

Review of Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Aon Teanga

Watercolour Music

Rating: ★★★

One Tongue melds three voices from three different Celtic song traditions – Scottish, Irish and Manx Gaels. Ruth Keggin is...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016

Review of Black Smoke

Black Smoke

Emily Wurramara

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Born on remote Groote Eylandt, the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off coastal Arnhem Land, Emily Wurramara's family...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016

Review of A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound

Motéma Music

Rating: ★★★

Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012

Review of Piazzolla 2021

Piazzolla 2021

Louise Jallu

Klarthe Records

Rating: ★★★

French prodigy Louise Jallu took an interest in tango when she was five and has been playing virtuoso bandoneón since...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2021

Review of Mbalimaou

Mbalimaou

Boubacar Traoré

Top of the World

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

The first album in four years from this much-loved Malian singer and guitarist finds him on fairly familiar ground, but...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2015

Review of UMBRAL

UMBRAL

Sofia Rei

Top of the World

Cascabelera Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Sofia Rei is an Argentinian singer, songwriter and producer whose fearless experimentation takes you to untold musical heights. Her fifth...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: November/2021

Review of The Tokyo Concert

The Tokyo Concert

Astor Piazzolla

Milan

Rating: ★★★★

This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012

Review of Chants of India

Chants of India

Ravi Shankar | Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan

HariSongs DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

HariSongs is a new label set up to re-release some of the music in the family archive of the late...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Subscribe from only £7.50

Start your journey and discover the very best music from around the world.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Songlines magazine.

Find out more