Reviews
Untouched Folk Songs from the Balkans
Muammer Ketencoglu & Balkan Journey
Anyone who is into Balkan music – tricksy rhythms, wild sax and accordion playing – is going to enjoy this....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
Skiver
These sessions – ‘eight musicians, seven days, one experimental folk album from scratch’ – feature a welcomely eclectic mix of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021
Camaleão Borboleta
With 12 years behind them and half a dozen albums and EPs to their name, Graveola are one of the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2016
Renaissance
Tonino Baliardo, one of the founding members of Gipsy Kings, is back with his first album in more than eight...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: March/2023
Palaces
Electric Vocuhila, a French quartet founded ten years ago in Berlin as part of a musicians’ co-operative, display an impressive...
Reviewed by Julia in issue: June/2020
El Laberinto del Coco
After playing percussion for the cream of Puerto Rico's musical talent (such as Calle 13 and Jerry Medina) as well...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2018
Djaale
Born in France, with a Cameroonian background, singer Ekoumé was a member of saxophonist Manu Dibango's band for eight years....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2016
Nakshatra
Bringing new elements into a musical tradition that has a long history and strict sense of training and performance is...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2023
Perpetual Motion
Amine & Hamza's previous CD Things May Change managed to amaze and alarm in equal measure: a testosterone-driven, Oriental jazz...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2011
Behold
The Birmingham district of Handsworth gave birth to one of the UK's strongest roots reggae scenes of the 70s and...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2019
