Reviews
My Last Song: A Tribute to Macedonia’s Gypsy Queen
Esma Redžepova and Nune Brothers
As the title suggests, this album contains the last recordings of extraordinary North Macedonian vocalist Esma Redžepova, recorded in 2016...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2021
Bouzoukispelman
Swedish traditional music has many reasons to thank Ale Möller and Per Gudmundson. Their music in Frifot (with singer Lena...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Laço Umbilical
On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...
Reviewed by Clive Davis in issue: May/2018
Next Market Day
Chloe Matharu is a young Edinburgh singer with a rich inheritance. Her father is from the Punjab, while her mother...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr
Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr opens with ‘Myn Mair’, a prayer that is at least 500 years old, sung on the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2019
Brazilian Landscapes
Michala Petri, Marilyn Mazur, Daniel Murray
This decidedly erudite CD is like a classically tinged Codona trio album for the new millennium. Like Don Cherry and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2017
Samba em Kigali
Following 2022's well-streamed Voyage, the Belgian duo of rapper and lyricist Alessandro ‘Le Tagarel’ Vlerick and producer and composer Simon...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Classical Music of Central Asia
Munojat Yulchieva, now in her early 60s, is probably the most recognised vocalist in Uzbek traditional music. She's got a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
