Reviews
Karsilama
From a Turkish word meaning ‘meeting’ or ‘welcome’ comes the title of this resolutely acoustic album. The trio, based on...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2019
Clint Eastwood/Many Moods of the Upsetters
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry needs little introduction, being both a celebrated pioneer and producer of Jamaican music and an in-demand performer...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2019
1990
The village of Szászcsávás in Romania only has 1,000 inhabitants, but its fame far outweighs its size thanks to its...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2019
Head Canon
This is a very strong debut from an accomplished folk voice. Ashworth has toured with Chris Wood, with whom parallels...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2019
Carry it On
Carry it On is a seemingly improbable fusion of Scottish traditional music with Senegalese drumming and New Orleans funk. Soulsha...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2019
#NuNairobi
Not just the banner for a new wave of artists, creatives and entrepreneurs that are proud to call the Kenyan...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2019
2019
At a recent meeting to plan Songlines' 20th anniversary commemorative special (out on September 6), we found ourselves wondering what...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019
365: Volume 2
Reveal Records issued Volume 1 in the spring of 2018, with Lau's fiddler joining forces with jazz pianist Kit Downes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2019
To an Isle in the Water
Brisk's music sounds thoroughly and authentically Irish, so it comes as a big surprise to discover the quartet are actually...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2019
