Reviews
Don't Worry, Be Gypsy
There's always been a high correlation between Bulgarian musicians of all callings and immense virtuosity, and the correlation becomes even...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2023
Codex
Life can be tough as a percussionist, particularly if you’re a solo artist. Live performance is one thing, but getting...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Again and Again
Often cited as early explorers in what we now call world music, Swedish ensemble Spjärnsvallet first formed in the early...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2015
Havana-Paris-Dakar
Alune Wade & Harold López-Nussa
The Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa and the Senegalese singer and bass player Alune Wade came together in Havana in late...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2015
Burda: Contemporary Arabic Maqam Suite
This album showcases the remarkable talents of Egyptian-born oud player and singer Mustafa Said and his youthful Beirut-based collective, the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: December/2015
Petrichor
Accordionist Paul Hutchinson, of Belshazzar’s Feast and The Pagoda Project, is a well-known and highly-regarded figure on the folk scene,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2021
Muzyka spod Radomia
This album is like spending an evening at a superb village folk night in Poland, which wouldn’t have existed 20...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Songs from Mexico
It would be easy to write off Yuly Tovar as merely the 2012 winner of Mexican nationwide talent show, Graba...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017
Tarkabarka
Balamuc are a London-based band with a global membership and a clear interest in the music of the Roma, especially...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2023
African Jazz invites OK Jazz
There were two main protagonists in the evolution of Congolese popular music in the 1960s: Joseph Kabasele (alias Grand Kallé),...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
