Born in Turkey and currently residing in Athens, Cihan Türkoğlu is a lifelong practitioner of the Turkish folk lute bağlama...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2022
Fans of the cult TV series Game of Thrones will doubtless be familiar with the catchphrase ‘Winter is Coming.’ For...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: July/2014
This is one of the most impressive debut albums in a long time. Effectively, it’s a self portrait of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022
The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013
British producer Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s love for Colombia grows ever deeper with Los Miticos del Ritmo, his new instrumental cumbia...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014
“It’s great to be at a point where it’s the music that’s in focus and not where it comes from.”...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Veteran New York percussionist José Claussell has teamed up with keyboardist Matt Jenson to spearhead a 12-piece band, with Toussaint...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015
Ten years after their debut, Peru’s Los Chapillacs are back, and their sound has hardly changed. Which is a great...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Start your journey and discover the very best music from around the world.
Subscribe