Reviews
In the Footprints of Rumi
The Rumi Ensemble was founded by Javid Afsari Rad [pictured], member of the renowned percussion ensemble Zarbang. It consists of...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Nosotras Somos
In the male– dominated world of flamenco, all-female groups like Las Migas are still a rarity – even in Catalonia’s...
Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
Few countries’ musical heritage has been pilfered so thoroughly as has Ethiopia’s in recent years. Rarely a month goes by...
Reviewed by John Howarth in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Griais
Named after her home village on Lewis in the Western Isles, Griais is Mackenzie’s first solo album. It’s a bright...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Nile: The Song of the Rivers
Rivers can be the basis of a beautiful musical journey. Songlines #1 covered a splendid Virgin Classics three-CD set that...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Libertad (Freedom)
When I first heard her debut album, La Juderia, seven years ago, I was convinced that Yasmin Levy had the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Makovecz Tour
Violinist Félix Lajkó is pretty well known in Hungary, but not so much outside – despite being one of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
A Great Day For The Race
Flap! (yes, the exclamation mark is part of the band name) hail from Melbourne and were discovered by Marcus Britton...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Same But Different
Songlines readers may know Dan Walsh as one half of harmonica-banjo duo Walsh & Pound [featured as a Making Waves...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The God Who Devastates Also Cures
On each of Lucas Santtana's previous five albums there was a concept that the Brazilian singer-songwriter set himself, a way...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
