Reviews
Jayme Stone's Folklife
An extension of his 2015 Lomax Project, the renowned Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone now presents us with Jayme Stone's Folklife,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017
Banzeiro
Find yourself some wiggle room: Dona Onete is back with another dose of salubrious grooves from the north of Brazil....
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2017
World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
Alice Coltrane's career, following the death of her husband, the legendary John, was remarkable for its dedication to the kind...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2017
Till
Born on the Isle of Lewis, Macmillan has a rich Gaelic pedigree. Till, his second solo album, sees Macmillan in...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2017
Beyond the Grid
Led by the jazz saxophonist Guillaume Van Parys, Afrikän Protoköl brings together Belgian jazzers and traditional musicians from Burkina Faso...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
La Migra
Opening track ‘Aguanileo’ is a marvellous thing: seven minutes of swirling guitars and horns, electronic trills and crashing sound effects...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2017
Freedom of Movement
A mere 40 seconds into this Brazilian/English artist's debut solo album and you'll be won over. That first track, ‘Capoeira...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2017
Don Letts Presents Culture Clash Radio
Don Letts started as DJ at the Roxy, the first London punk club, and this has allowed him to enjoy...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2017
Transcendence
Most Songlines’ readers will not have heard of Mashkoor Ali Khan, an Indian classical vocalist who sings khayal, an ornamented...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2017
