Boban Marković is a member of a distinguished Romani musical dynasty, an outstanding trumpeter and bandleader, and an inventive composer...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Finnish guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen has allowed nearly a decade to pass between his debut album and this...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/February/2023
SonDeSeu, led by veteran composer Rodrigo Romaní, is a sprawling folk orchestra that combines a quintet of gaitas with armies...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014
The Polish group Sutari have always said their music (and name) was influenced by Lithuanian sutartinės, a polyphonic vocal form....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
Over three albums and a decade of vigorous touring, the immaculate, mellifluous troubadour fusions of the Senegalese kora player Maher...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Trampled by Turtles are a four-piece band from Duluth, Minnesota, who made a major impression in the US with their...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014
Born near Gao in northern Mali, Gobi certainly has an arresting voice. Her high-pitched, nasal timbre slices mercilessly through the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The latest album by the neo-troubadours of Marseille, or to be more precise, the adjacent port of La Ciotat, opens...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
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