Reviews
Chłopi: Wesele Boryny
This is an extraordinary album recreating the sound of a wedding in central Poland in the late 19th century. The...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023
Releasing the Leaves
Enthusiasts of English folk music will perhaps already be familiar with Dorset-based duo Ninebarrow. Their 2014 debut, While the Blackthorn...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: April/2016
The High Note Mento Collection
Mento was the first Jamaican popular music, a mix of calypso and local rhythms that won popularity across the island...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2021
The Definitive Doc Watson
Folk-singer-ophobes may find an unlikely ally in American roots singer Tim O’Brien, who astutely summarises Doc Watson’s appeal in the...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
The Descendants
“Paradise? Paradise can go f**k itself,’ utters the male protagonist of The Descendants, played by George Clooney. A sense of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2012
A Hajnali Csillag Ragyog
Tcha Limberger’s Kalotaszeg Trio
Violinist Tcha Limberger was born in Belgium to a Romani Gypsy father. His last disc, reviewed in Songlines #60, was...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010
Bye Bye Bayou
‘ We have outgrown our Cajun/zydeco roots’ declare Mama Rosin in the press blurb that came with the valedictorially titled...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Risplendenti, Riversi
Nataša Mirkovic & Michel Godard
Bosnian-born Nataša Mirković has been exploring the borderlands between early music and Balkan melodies for some years. Both categories are...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2021
Hologram Imparatorluğu
Gaye Su Akyol hails from the cultural scene on Turkey's Black Sea coast, a melting pot for the arts where...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Lustuz Laþu Wōþuz Alu
Nordic and Viking culture is currently enjoying a resurgence, not least with the release of big-budget film, The Northman. Which...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: November/2022
