Reviews
Laysongs
Nowhere has master mandolinist Thile’s formidable artistry been more fully realized than on Laysongs. Urged on by Nonesuch Records honcho...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021
Tili Saba
This is an excellent example of a contemporary interpretation of the kora. Susso was born into a griot family in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2021
Tell Me How You Feel
This, the second album by Hoth Brothers Band, is one among a gazillion projects that would have taken a different...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021
Live at Tou
A few years ago a group of musicians from the Slovakian Roma community came together with a group of musicians...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2021
3 Sessions in a Greenhouse
On recent albums, Lucas Santtana has become a modern troubadour, channelling pop, protest song and natural charm, so it’s easy...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
Petrichor
Accordionist Paul Hutchinson, of Belshazzar’s Feast and The Pagoda Project, is a well-known and highly-regarded figure on the folk scene,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2021
Vulture Prince
Pakistani-American singer and composer Arooj Aftab weaves the Hindustani vocal tradition into exquisite arrangements that are mournful but moreish, creating...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2021
Color de Trópico Vol 2
For a short album, this packs a mighty punch. Variously a crate digger’s delight, an ode to the hopes of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021
Putoo Katare Yire
Back in the days when there were still live gigs, Songlines gave an enthusiastic review to a 2018 London concert...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
Hokin Janapar
There was once, in London in the 1920s, a now largely forgotten author named Michael Arlen, an Armenian born in...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2021
