Reviews
Rendhagyo Primastalalkozo
In Hungarian, primás usually refers to the lead fiddler of a band, but other instrumentalists, such as the cimbalom player,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2010
AfroCubism
Fourteen years after the improvised sessions that begat Buena Vista Social Club, World Circuit returns to its original vision: an...
Reviewed by David Hutch eon in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
First Dance on Second Avenue
She'Koyokh, the London band who take their name from a Yiddish greeting, are a brilliant live ensemble who effortlessly blend...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017
Good Times Older
While there hasThnever been a dearthThof men picking upThacoustic guitars andThrecording folkThalbums, there hasThbeen a notable slew of them recently.ThImpressive...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2020
Migrants
Lúcio is a seminal character in Cape Verdean culture, a singer, composer, poet, novelist, playwright, painter and politician who spent...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Goblet of Eternal Light
Ali Akbar Moradi & Bahar Movahed
Ali Akbar Moradi is a master of the Kurdish tanbur (long-necked lute) and one of the great traditional musicians of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
78rpm
Like the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Canadian trio of Sheesham Crow on fiddle and harmonica, Lotus Wight, on banjo and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2016
