Reviews
One and All
Forget the lockdown postman and shanty TikTok craze, haul away and pass round the grog, open your gullet and get...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
Rosa e Azul
The last time Songlines reviewed Alliye was for her 2006 release Arrebol, when she was living in Paris as Aline...
Reviewed by Alexander Robinson in issue: October/2022
A World of Lullabies
The effectiveness of melody is a key feature of Milan-based guitarist Val Bonetti’s new album, which comes off the back...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2022
Nova
For his first solo album in nine years Apneseth, one of Norway’s most thrilling Hardanger fiddle players, chose to record...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2022
Mani Sicure
This is the first consumer release for the international market by the long-standing duo of Emidio Ausiello and Michele Maione,...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2022
The Movers Vol 1: 1970-1976
For a band that reportedly sold 500,000 copies of its debut album in 1970 and managed to break the colour...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022
A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters 1913-1921
With Spanish guitars having been well established in the Hawaiian islands since the mid-1800s, local 16-year-old guitarist Joseph Kekuku is...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2022
Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston Part 2
Five years after stars young and old assembled under the aegis of Australian dancehall producer Jake Dominic ‘Mista’ Savona for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2022
