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Review of Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn

Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn

Frode Nyvold

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★★★

If you're seeking an earthy slice of Norwegian life, look no further. The title translates as ‘Soldiers and Honest Sailors’;...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2020

Review of L'Amazone: Le Chant des Fleuves

L'Amazone: Le Chant des Fleuves

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★★

The Amazon has been imagined as a tree, its trunk passing from Brazil through Colombia and into Peru, with branches...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2020

Review of Blurring Into Motion

Blurring Into Motion

Charlie Cawood

Bad Elephant Music

Rating: ★★★★

Whereas his lush debut The Divine Abstract was written and orchestrated over a seven-year period, London multi-instrumentalist and composer Cawood's...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2020

Review of Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s

Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

São Tomé and Príncipe isn't exactly known as a musical powerhouse nation – Songlines has only ever reviewed one other...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020

Review of Lights in the Harbor

Lights in the Harbor

T'Monde

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2020

Review of Sojourns: Volume 1

Sojourns: Volume 1

Nava

Nava

Rating: ★★★

Following 2017's Tapestry, Nava are here again to prove that Irish and Persian music are not as unlikely bedfellows as...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2020

Review of Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Seu Jorge and Rogê

Night Dreamer Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

The friendship between Seu Jorge and Rogê goes back 25 years when the two aspiring musicians met at a gig...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020

Review of Nakan

Nakan

Mamadou Diabaté & Percussion Mania

Lotus Records

Rating: ★★★

Mamadou Diabaté, not to be confused with the famous Malian kora player with the same name, is a maestro of...

Reviewed by Bastiaan Springer in issue: April/2020

Review of Portu in Core

Portu in Core

I Muvrini

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

Followers of Corsican supergroup I Muvrini (The Mountain Sheep) will know the formula: voices steeped in tradition; an ensemble that's...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: April/2020

Review of Tjukurpa: The Story/Kulila: The Remixes

Tjukurpa: The Story/Kulila: The Remixes

Frank Yamma

Wantok Musik VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★★

With his own career somewhat overshadowed by the commercial success of other Aboriginal songmen like Archie Roach and the late...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2020

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