Reviews
Rough Guide to Flamenco Dance
Many dodgy compila¬tions of flamenco on CD either feature long-dead or third-rate musicians. But this eclectic sampler by Jan Fairley...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
True Speech
This is one of the most dynamic and accomplished folk groups from Eastern Europe I've heard in a long time....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Impromptu
Angelo Debarre, born in St-Denis, France, starte d playing guitar at the age of eight. A member of the Manouche...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Le QuecumBar International Gypsy Swing Guitar Festival
Situated in a pub on a sidestreet in Battersea, Le QuecumBar is the UK’s leading – perhaps only – venue...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Nordic Choro
You might describe choro as having the sensibilities of classical music alongsidethe earthiness of street music. It grew up in...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Wotcheor!
The album cover has Jez tilting his boater and grinning into a camera like an old-fashioned MC, as if beckoning...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Balkan Grooves
And so the Balkan train rolls on. Berlin label Eastblok – one of the first to the party with DJ...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Mara la Fatìa
Translating as ‘working is hard and bitter,’ Mara la Fatìa is this outstanding Salento musician’s second solo CD. Castrignanò debuted...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Guia
It wasn't until Caetano Veloso spoke highly of him in his blog that Antonio Zambujo began getting the due recognition...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Live at the Grand Pavilion
The Welsh six-piece Mabon may not be well known on the English side of the border. It’s as if there’s...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
