Reviews
Tangos
Rubén Blades is good at lots of things: singing, acting, writing salsa hits, being Panama's tourism minister, campaigning (against Sun...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Café Kállai
Erno Kállai Kiss Jr & His Gypsy Band | Tcha Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Orchestra
You wait for ages, and then two discs of sumptuous Hungarian Gypsy music come along at once. Both of these...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2015
L’Orchestre National Mauritanien
A never-before-released record of a once-famous, almost-forgotten group who were the progenitors of their very own style: this album is...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
Tambours Croisés: Chapter Two
This album comes, frustratingly, with very poor liner notes, which is infuriating as this CD is very good indeed. What...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Destination Overground: The Story of Transglobal Underground
Transglobal Underground feat Natacha Atlas
The original Transglobal crew are still working together, with and without Natacha Atlas, whose solo star has shone in the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert
A decade after their debut album, County Antrim's Beoga are celebrating with a lively and satisfyingly long anniversary CD and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014
The YoYouMeTú Trilogy: Vol 1 & 2
Never judge a book by its cover. And here's the proof: behind the clumsy Photoshop artwork and liner notes there...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Big Like This
When Corrina Hewat and David Milligan boldly launched this folk big-band back in 2003 they recruited a Who’s Who of...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
Ethiopiques Vol 26
Mahmoud Ahmed & The Imperial Bodyguard Band
This latest release in the long running Éthiopiques series is very much a game of two halves. The opening five...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
