Reviews
Baladi Blues Reloaded Volume II
Remixes are like recipes: it may be possible to create something thrilling out of very little but it really helps...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2016
The Long Way Home
Since joining forces more than two decades ago, Devon duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer have become not only a...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2016
In the Magic Hour
Regular Songlines readers will need little introduction to Massachusetts-born singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan. Her exploits as soloist and collaborator with the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Everything Sacred
Fifty years ago the Incredible String Band emerged from the Scottish folk scene to create an extraordinary fusion of folk,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
Un Çhengey: One Tongue
One Tongue melds three voices from three different Celtic song traditions – Scottish, Irish and Manx Gaels. Ruth Keggin is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
Frankie and the No-Go Road
A concept album that follows the trials and tribulations of an everyman hero named Frankie in his struggles through life,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2016
Clarion
Paul Hutchinson, half of the fabulous Belshazzar's Feast, teams up here with clarinettist Karen Wimhurst from the world of contemporary...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
Šatrika
Čači Vorba is the name of the group, but it's vocalist and fiddler Maria Natanson who is the star of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016
Vivir Sin Miedo
Concha Buika, a Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent, walks a narrow, obstacle-strewn path between styles, cultures and languages. Sometimes...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016
