Reviews
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
Bi Cinnete Bakar
While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on 70s Anatolian psych through international acts...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2022
Futuro Niche
From the birthplace of salsa choke (pronounced ‘cho-que’), a mixture of urban music styles with salsa, MA Studio is one...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: January/February/2023
Buskers’ Ballroom
First of all, don't be put off by the cheesy cover. She’koyokh are Britain's best klezmer and Balkan music band....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Independance
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) is one of the world’s youngest nations, coming into being in 1975 upon gaining independence from...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2025
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
The Rough Guide to the Music of India
It must be a thankless task being asked to compile one CD that sums up the whole of a musical...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Strings for Peace
Amjad Ali Khan, Sharon Isbin, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash
This is a pretty unusual jugalbandi, as they call it when two Indian soloists duet together. I don’t think there...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Bulgaria: The Art of the Gadulka
The gadulka is the Bulgarian version of the pear-shaped fiddle, found in various forms right across the eastern Mediterranean. Like...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010
Millions of Us
Ten tracks into Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness’ (BCUC) Millions of Us, there's a message from Jovi Nkosi to producer Sam...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: July/2023
