Reviews
Pine Tree Flyers
The Pine Tree Flyers’ full-length debut album proudly waves the banner of New England (US) roots music. Fundamentally, this fiddle-based...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2024
Soon In Your Village
The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra has unleashed this year’s primary global fusion spinner, with all disparate elements intact, shaven down to...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Inspirar
Danças Ocultas | Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
‘Inspirar’ means ‘to inspire’ in Portuguese – no surprise there, right? And the word takes the same double meaning as...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025
Réminiscence
With Réminiscence, the France-based Gabonese singer Tita Nzebi delivers her third full-length album for the BIBAKA Music label. Building on...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: February/March/2026
El Coro de Mi Gente
All the tracks of this album – Amparanoia's ninth – feature a big-name guest from the Hispanic music world, including...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018
Nomadic Spirit
For two decades, and across five albums, La Caravane Passe (The Caravan Passes) has delivered a music steeped in Balkan...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020
Flowers Where the Horses Sleep
After recently focusing on traditional songs, Burnell’s sixth album finds him back with pen in hand. Joined by a collection...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2020
Nova Era
Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra (BGKO)
The quality of musicianship on this latest offering from the extraordinary Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra is never in doubt; the...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2021
Tribute to Legends: Ghulam Ali
This disc is, theoretically at least, a homage to the ghazal legend Ghulam Ali as imagined by Pakistani superstar Shafqat...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023
