Reviews
Shukar
Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra
Macedonian jazz guitarist Kitanovski studied at the Berklee College of Music in the US, and like most of its graduates...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Bergå Folk Project
Sometimes, even the best folk bands can make an album that feels a bit like another re-hash of the tried...
Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: October/2022
Man No Die
Bola Johnson has been one of the finds in the recent plethora of re c ent Nigerian highlife/Afro-funk archive reissues....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Fly Bird, Fly
Muzsikás are Hungary’s premier folk band and, for nearly 40 years, the leading international ambassadors of traditional Hungarian music. They...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Postcards from Home
Kuljit Bhamra, Jacqueline Shave & John Parricelli
The paradoxical title of this album – postcards are surely sent to home not from it – suggests the nature...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2012
In Memory of Ethiopia’s Greatest Azmari
Bahru Kegne | Chalachew Ashenafi & Ilita Band
After the success of the Netherlands’ band The Ex’s collaboration with Getatchew Mekuria, Terrie Hessel, the band’s guitarist, has issued...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2014
King Stingray
The debut album from this hot young Arnhem Land band follows on from the success of both their live show,...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2022
Music in Covid Times
A treasure trove of North Indian classical and folk music, Music in Covid Times bagged all the most coveted categories...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/February/2024
A Time Between Birth and Chaos
On stage, he sits with a qanun, the Middle Eastern zither, on his lap and a table crammed with electronic...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2023
När Isen Går
Duo Systrami have built up a reputation as charismatic performers, playing on the intuitive chemistry they have, being twin sisters....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2018
