Reviews
Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks
According to one story, the last music heard by the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the night before going to his death,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Mali All Stars: Bogolan Music
You might have thought there were already enough compilations of Malian music in the world. But this well presented box-set...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2014
Eastern Roads
Serbian vocalist Jovana Backovic once fronted the large Belgrade folk¬rock band ArHai. Settling in London, she looked to develop a...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
As the Crow Flies
The old-time music trio known as Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son are well known for their dusty and antiquated sound,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2019
Iorram
Iorram (Boat Song) begins with electro-washes of ambient sound, swooping back and forth, as if in the process of self...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
Osmanity
Like rats jumping a sinking ship, world beat DJs have ditched the Balkans in favour of sounds further afield —...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/2021
Weltensprung
Weltensprung is a spine-tingling contemporary look at Bavarian folk music. The title itself translates roughly to ‘world jump.’ With this...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: June/2014
Outsinging the Nightingale: Lost Treasures of Bulgarian Music 1905-1950
As you might imagine, this is a treasure-chest of unknown gems from pioneering companies such as Gramophone, Pathé, Odeon and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2011
Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre
Samia Malik, who is also a visual artist, writes and performs songs in the traditional ghazal (rhyming couplets) format and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2019
Terry Riley In C
Sometimes there is a collision of two different musical worlds that just fits so well that you can't believe it...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
