Reviews
Rendhagyó Prímástalálkozó II
A few years ago there was a great recording of Hungarian music called Primás Parade on Folk Europa records, which...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Live at the Bimhuis
Arifa are a band that are hard to define – four musicians from Turkey, Romania, Greece and Germany, resident in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2015
Rockland
As I write this, I have absolutely no idea in which section of the reviews pages Rockland should feature. Katzenjammer...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2015
Music from Greece
In the summer of 1979, Greek folk singer Domna Samiou (1928-2012) toured Sweden (with a band and dance troupe) performing...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Ela Ela
This is a Franco-Malagasy fusion led by Berikely who sings and plays the kabossy (an acoustic box guitar with four...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2022
Strong
As Iness Mezel's album opens she is very much mistress of her own funk-rock-fusion domain. Her powerful, heavily reverbed voice...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2015
An Irish Viola/Vióla Gaelach
Séamus McGuire with Steve Cooney
Novelty in a musical tradition as ancient as Ireland’s is not easily come by. But this unexpected pairing of viola...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2022
My Vote Dey Count
Yaaba Funk are very much a London band: British and European, black and white, mixed-gender and politically engaged but intent...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2014
