Reviews
A Long Way to the Beginning
From the moment that the pounding album opener ‘IMF’ kicks in, it is clear that Seun Kuti has not only...
Reviewed by Edward Lander in issue: June/2014
Balkan Fever London – Mind the Brass
Phis new compilation of UK bands is the latest in a long line of localised Gypsy or Balkan scenes sprouting...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: October/2010
The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco
The vintage Bollywood soundtrack era is more often presented in the context of funk than disco, but there's no argument...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk
We’re not short of compilations of British folk music, but this comes with a difference. Its compiler is Jon Boden,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Pearl Album (Live in Celebration)
Alternating songs with jigs, reels, slides, marches, hornpipes and airs, The Pearl Album celebrates 30 years of music making by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
City of the Future: Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union
Yale Strom is one of the most adventurous personalities on the American klezmer scene. He's not only recorded over a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2016
The Drunken Wind of Life: The Poem/Songs of Tin Ujević
Musical relations between the US and Croatia are of long standing, with some of the earliest recordings of the tamburica...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2015
Splendor
The music and musicianship on this recording is outstanding and the concept intriguing. ‘The Other Europeans’ refers to the Jews...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2012
Reve de Sang
Wang Li grew up in Shandong, China, but went to Paris to find himself, and this disc shows what he...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Apr/May/2011
Vinyl Box Set #4
While I wish I was reporting to you on the quality packaging and superb sound this vinyl box-set contains, being...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018
