Reviews
The Drunken Wind of Life: The Poem/Songs of Tin Ujević
Musical relations between the US and Croatia are of long standing, with some of the earliest recordings of the tamburica...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2015
Um Corpo no Mundo
When Salvador established itself as the ‘African soul’ of Brazil in the mid-20th century, it was the music of Dorival...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
We Are Many
Soothsayers – essentially, the duo of trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman working with a shifting ensemble of musicians...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: January/2021
Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks
According to one story, the last music heard by the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the night before going to his death,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Mali All Stars: Bogolan Music
You might have thought there were already enough compilations of Malian music in the world. But this well presented box-set...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2014
Eastern Roads
Serbian vocalist Jovana Backovic once fronted the large Belgrade folk¬rock band ArHai. Settling in London, she looked to develop a...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
As the Crow Flies
The old-time music trio known as Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son are well known for their dusty and antiquated sound,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2019
Iorram
Iorram (Boat Song) begins with electro-washes of ambient sound, swooping back and forth, as if in the process of self...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
Osmanity
Like rats jumping a sinking ship, world beat DJs have ditched the Balkans in favour of sounds further afield —...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/2021
Weltensprung
Weltensprung is a spine-tingling contemporary look at Bavarian folk music. The title itself translates roughly to ‘world jump.’ With this...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: June/2014
