Reviews
Fifty Five
Is it the magical sound of the Hardanger fiddle, or its association with Norwegian folklore that has attracted performers and...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Tides of Times
Since their formation in Kolkata in 2006, Gharana have waged a guerilla campaign to bring their Indo-rock fusion to a...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Disko Telegraf
Balkan Taksim are the latest act to push the Balkan sound into fresh and exciting Turkish territory, reminding one of...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Kalipè
Now, more than ever, musicians don't have to leave the privacy of their homes to cut an album. They hook...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Lokk
I remember when everyone in the Norwegian folk music world was whispering about a brilliant young Hardanger fiddle player called...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
À Principiu
À Principiu is the fifth studio album from the forward-thinking Corsican group L'Alba. The band who combine traditional Corsican music...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Geminus
In a way you could say Mathis spent more than 20 years making this album – even though he eventually...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Kôrôlén
Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra
Anyone who saw one of the symphonic concerts Toumani Diabate gave with three different orchestras in 2008 will have been...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Tamam Morning
Belgian saxophonist Thys has assembled a beautifully balanced quintet for an uplifting fusion of European jazz and Middle-Eastern modes. The...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Mezclatotäl
The one thing you cannot accuse Komasi of is a lack of ambition. Respectively from France, Burkina Faso and Chile,...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
