Reviews
Both Sides of the Aegean
Hüsnü Senlendirici & Trio Chios
Hüsnü Şenlendirici is Turkey's big clarinet star, famed for his glitzy virtuoso style and, unfortunately, a tendency for saccharine arrangements...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Sabor de Gracia
If you're familiar with the rumba catalana form of music, it may well be from listening to Ojos de Brujo,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Rough Guide to Paris Café
Oh dear, here we go again. Cue the Citroën DS archive shots and the old tourist board copy. More ethno-musicological...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
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Holdvilágos (In the Moonlight)
Napra is a Hungarian folk band that deserves to be heard. They bring a rock attitude to traditional music with...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Life of Birds
The guitarist of the Beautiful South has gathered together a formidable flock of folk talent for his debut solo album,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Sarayland
In the 1980s Sarajevo's Sarr e Roma were one of the most prominent Yugoslav Gypsy bands, with a number of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Last Star
A veteran of the Irish music scene in New York, Talbot honed her craft in wedding bands before touring and...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Anda Jaleo
Josephine Foster & the Víctor Herrero Band
Recorded live in Mecina Bombaron in Granada in August 2009, this is an interesting project: Josephine Foster and Víctor Herrero...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Hedonism
Bellowhead launch their rambunctious third album with the cautionary tale of a sailor ripped off by a prostitute, the exuberant...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Ravishing Genius of Bones
Anyone still labouring under the misapprehension that the tin whistle is a poor man's instrument will have their preconceptions shattered...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
