Reviews
Oldies and Old Time
Ivan Rosenberg seems to care about the material he creates or interprets, as well as about who’s listening to the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Hand on the Plow
The Tillers claim they once played in hardcore punk bands, and in their speed and dynamics you can hear the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Vari-Colored Songs
Although this is Leyla McCalla’s debut record, anyone who’s seen the Carolina Chocolate Drops live will have been warmed by...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil – Hip-Hop, Beats, Afro & Dub
When it comes to cinema, ‘urban’ may be a synonym for gritty andmonochromatic, but that is most certainly not the...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
My Favorite Picture of You
At its best, country & western music tells honest tales with pretty tunes, and that’s what 72-year-old songwriter Guy Clark...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
North Wind
Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen
When Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen released their first opus, 2011’s One Nation, with its mix of Aboriginal chants...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Ayó
Many Songlines readers will remember Andy Palacio, whose 2007 album Wàtina has become as much a classic for Belizean music...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
The Ladies at Joe Gibbs
The legendary producer Joe Gibbs produced a host of female singers, who provided him with some classic songs and ‘riddims’...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
The Old School
In a career that spans six decades, Rowan has sung and played guitar and mandolin with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys;...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Enregistré Live
Genticorum's four previous albums confirmed them as one of Quebec's most vibrant, energetic and exciting groups. They have developed a...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
