Reviews
Rosa e Azul
The last time Songlines reviewed Alliye was for her 2006 release Arrebol, when she was living in Paris as Aline...
Reviewed 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 in issue October/2022
Ver Tente
The fourth album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Maria Rita Stumpf, Ver Tente, brings together her four decades of musical output. After...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Where the Big Lamp Shines
Where the Big Lamp Shines marks the official recording debut of The Often Herd, self-described as ‘progressive bluegrass based in...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Hermit’s Grove
Wax Machine is the brainchild of Brazilian-born, Italian and British-raised musician Lau Ro. After emigrating to Europe at eight years...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Vol II
Twenty years ago, inspired by a series of concerts at the Largo club in Los Angeles where a mad-scientist-in-the-laboratory vibe...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Rise Jamaica! Independence Jamaica Special
When Jamaica achieved its independence from Britain on August 6 1962, its music industry was still in the nascent stages...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Homenaje a El Carmen
Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio are a family music group from El Carmen in Chincha, a cotton-producing province around 200km south of...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Wind Rose
For her third album, western Canadian fiddle player, singer and step-dancing specialist Jocelyn Pettit conjures up a dozen traditional, contemporary...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
