Reviews
The Unknown Spanish Levant Vol 2: Egypt
An academic in ethnomusicology as well as a musician and composer who has been performing since he was a teenager...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023
Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Essential Bluegrass Album
Before the sound– track to O Brother, Where Art Thou? roared up the charts, it's fair to say that few...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Radio Beirut: Sounds from the 21st Century
There’s an inevitable overlap between Radio Beirut, compiled by the German journalist Dagmar Golle, and last year’s Golden Beirut CD...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Brass Noir: On the Trans-Balkan Highway
Piranha Records was the first world music label to effectively promote Balkan brass – issuing seminal albums by Boban i...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Tulum: A Sound from the Black Sea
The Black Sea region is like a different country compared to the rest of Turkey. It's misty, mountainous and cool,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Live at the Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill
This first live album from the Bristol trio of Alex Vann, Pete Judge and Paul Bradley is also a recording...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2017
Independence Ska and the Far East Sound
The Skatalites' brief original existence from 1963 to 1965 surely marks them out as one of the most influential bands...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017
The Moon has Risen: Zanzibara Vol 6
If you get a chance to see the Mtendeni Maulid Ensemble, don't miss it. They are a group of young...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2012
Life is Good on the Open Road
After a four-year hiatus, Trampled by Turtles return with a highly anticipated new album, a release that captures and refines...
Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake-Tune in issue: July/2018
A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
From Radio 4's Tweet of the Day to Sam Lee's nocturna nightingale sessions, ornithology has gone mainstream. Sadly, the renewed...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020
