Reviews
2015–2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years Of Sonic Explorations
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Les Disques Bongo Joe has grown out of its Geneva record store home, prolifically devoted to the clankily retro-electronic side...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2025
Aratan n Azawad
No surprise that Terakaft – the name means ‘caravan’ in Tamasheq – stayed pretty close to the sound of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011
Bad Old Songs
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
American-born, Berlin-based Daniel Kahn is one of the most interesting arrivals on the klezmer scene in the last few years....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2013
Anatolian Sun
Moğollar (the Mongols) were the original Anatolian rockers and coiners of the term ‘Anatolian pop.’ Back in the late 60s...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: March/2021
Love and Death
This is the first ever internationally released studio album from Ebo Taylor, now 74 and one of the legends of...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Live in Amsterdam
What’s outstanding about this re-released first recording of Cristina Branco, from 1997, is not only that we get to hear...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2012
Metamorphosis
South Korea's Geomungo Factory are the most exciting group I've seen in the past year. Contemporary, traditional and inspirational. Their...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Tulipunapalsami
Brelo | Sytyke | Vilma Timonen Quartet
The Finns are particularly good at reinventing their music and folk instruments – thanks largely to the work of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Old Wheel of Fortune
There's an old Irish saying that claims'the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.’ It's doubtful whether the fiddles employed...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2012
Multishow Ao Vivo
Whilst they have somewhat fallen out of fashion in Europe and the US, ‘unplugged’ performances by major domestic talents have...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012
