Reviews
Foggy Mountain Breakdown: A Bluegrass Tribute to Earl Scruggs
A couple of years ago, Tim Austin, one of the founders of the Lonesome River Band, kickstarted a project that...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2012
30: Real World at WOMAD
You might expect a compilation of Real World artists who have played at WOMAD over the last 30 years to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Cinéma el Mundo
Many times I've taken a deep breath before beginning yet another CD review by some young global fusion band who...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012
Mabruk
In the last issue, Songlines reviewed the latest album from Mariem Hassan, a leading singer and activist in the independence...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2012
Traveler
Even if you have no idea who Jerry Douglas is, chances are you’ve heard him play. A regular member of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2012
The Dark Peak and the White
This is a strikingly original work of musical preservation. Supported by the Peak District National Park Authority, it is a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2012
Bouger le Monde!
Many Songlines'reaiers will first have encountered Staff Benda Bilili on YouTube, with that extraordinary video showing the group singing ‘Na...
Reviewed by Mark Ellingham in issue: October/2012
Anewal – The Walking Man
It’s unclear whether guitarist and vocalist Alhousseini Mohamed Anivolla has left Etran Finatawa for a solo career or if this...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Moreland’s Ball
Melbourne ensemble The Woohoo Revue are one of those groups that’s impossible to categorise. Most would call them a ‘Gypsy’...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
Ethiopia Super Krar
The stripped-down acoustic approach taken here seems primed to deliver a raw yet updated, blast of Ethiopian blues, focusing as...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2012
