Reviews
O Houria
It’s a hard heart that can’t listen to Souad Massi’s carillon voice and not be moved. The Algerian singer-songwriter has...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Mali Latino
Alex Wilson, Madou Sidiki Diabaté & Ahmed Fofana
British-born Renaissance man Alex Wilson has sweated buckets over this project, which sees him fusing Mande and Afro-Latin sounds with...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
A New Day – Laya Project Remixed
Back in #59, Songlines reviewed a singular music project that saw producer and composer Patrick Sebag go in search of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Welcome to my World
One of Britain's most unpredictable musicians, Jah Wobble moves between musical styles like few others. After recent passions for Chinese...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Audio Descriptive
Shammi Pithia says he owes a debt to fellow British Asian musician Nitin Sawhney. On the evidence of his 16-track...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
AfroCubism
Fourteen years after the improvised sessions that begat Buena Vista Social Club, World Circuit returns to its original vision: an...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Road to Damascus
Followers of Nick Page, former frontman of Transglobal Underground and serial musical collaborator, might be surprised by his latest project....
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Türlü
Haci Tekbilek is a gruff vocalist and a fine performer on several Turkish instruments, including saz, sax, bendir drum and,...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Capture: 1995-2010
Love them or loathe them – and they do tend to polarise opinion – Afro Celt Sound System prompted a...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
The New Farming Scene
This is the third album from the Edinburgh-based band that brings together British folk songs with the American bluegrass style...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
