Reviews
Aonair
David Munnelly is a button accordion player whose musical roots in Irish music stretch far, to French, Gypsy, swing and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019
Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, Guarachas, Boléros et Chansons Jibaras 1940-1960
Long before Ricky Martin and Daddy Yankee seduced the diaspora with their very different hybrid pop rhythms, the island of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
La Candela del Río
Every decade has its new diaspora, inevitably spawning a new music that speaks to roots and the severing of them....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
Ayn Trio
Palestinian oud and buzuq player and composer Basel Zayed brings together fellow Palestinian Layth Sidiq on violin and Iraqi/Jordanian cellist...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2019
Mistune: Violin & Tanpura
In Mistune Chris Prosser continues to explore his fascination with alternate tunings on the violin, this time paired with a...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2019
Round & Round
County Antrim-based Ciaran O'Kane's debut album is a fine and muscular release. Opening with the traditional track ‘The Banks of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2019
Capitalist Blues
A Songlines favourite since her days with Carolina Chocolate Drops, McCalla's solo debut Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2019
Producing
London-based producer duo Gypsy Hill – two of Batov Records' co-founders, DJ Kobayashi and Herbert Newbert – are that delectable...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019
Black Roots
This second album from Julio Montoro y Alma Latina is a slick and unashamedly commercial Latin American album from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2019
