If you’re a fan of Nidia Góngora, especially her work in Canalón de Timbiquí, then you’re sure to love this....
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2023
A Songlines favourite since her days with Carolina Chocolate Drops, McCalla's solo debut Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2019
The nine-piece New York-based ensemble Hazmat Modine may just be my favourite American roots band and their third studio album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Choro, the popular urban music that originated in Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century, translates into English as ‘lament.’...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2020
All It Brings begins with fiddler Jocelyn Pettit step dancing in that familiar cantering cadence of Scots-Irish-French origin that Canadians...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2022
Weirdlore is a tag conceived by fRoots magazine editor Ian Anderson to describe a disparate collection of artists and bands...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Gerard Edery was born in Casablanca but raised in New York and Paris. Of Sephardic Jewish heritage (note the name...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The opening track of this young Israeli duo’s debut recording is staggering. It’s clear from the outset that guitarist Itamar...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Zulya and the Children of the Underground
Zulya Kamalova, an Australian singer and exponent of Tatar and Russian music, and her band of maestros have teamed up...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2017
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