Reviews
France: An Anthology of Traditional Music
It's become a cliché when writing about cultural diversity in France to trot out the old de Gaulle maxim about...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2010
Erguvan
This album consists mostly of folk repertoire from the Aegean region of Turkey, collected in the field by musicologist Ali...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Rough Guide to Hillbilly Blues
Given that Trump's administration recently clumsily marked Black History Month by implying Frederick Douglass was still alive, this album is...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2017
Fiona Hunter
The eponymously titled debut album from Malinky vocalist and cellist Fiona Hunter marks her out as a formidable and talented...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2014
Mercato
It only took one minute for the Imperial Tiger Orchestra's debut album to prove its worth to this critic. It...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Canty
Joanne McIver & Christophe Saunière
Canty is Joanne McIver & Christophe Saunière's seventh album. McIver sings and plays flute, whistles and Scottish smallpipes. Saunière plays...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2019
Sin País
The title of this album, meaning ‘Landless’ or ‘Without a Homeland’ in Spanish, chimes with the era we are living...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Rumi Symphony Project Cycle 1: Untold
Hafez Nazeri is the son of the renowned Iranian-Kurdish singer and instrumentalist Sharam Nazeri. He has set up an ambitious...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Le 3ème Temps
Sophie Cavez & Baltazar Montanaro
This is the third duo album from Belgian accordionist Sophie Cavez and French fiddler Baltazar Montanaro and it shows off...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2015
Gipsy Dance
The late Macedonian singer Esma Redžepova was celebrated as the ‘Queen of the Gypsies’ and, across a remarkable career, helped...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
