Reviews
Bir
Zeybek music and dance, popular on both sides of the Aegean (as zeibekiko in Greece), have connections with both the...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: March/2012
Pill Pilots
Bristol-based guitarist Hawes and fiddler Catlow have worked over the years with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020
Minas Terra
A native of Brazil’s Minas Gerais, Philadelphia-based Anne Simoni follows in some seriously venerable footsteps, citing the likes of Milton...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2010
Dialogues with the Tar
The tar (lute) and kamancheh (spike fiddle) are both originally Persian instruments, but talking to musicians in the region, it’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2013
Días Felices
No wonder artists and dreamers gravitate to the American south-west in search of landscapes, inspiration and spirit-reviving experiences. For all...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017
Why Should Your Heart Not Dance
A mixture of improvisatory jazz and folk traditions, with clever vocal harmony and counterpoint, Asaran Earth Trio are three female...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2018
Café Kállai
Erno Kállai Kiss Jr & His Gypsy Band | Tcha Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Orchestra
You wait for ages, and then two discs of sumptuous Hungarian Gypsy music come along at once. Both of these...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2015
Bonjour
It’s all a matter of interpretation. With Bonjour, Rachid Taha, the leather-clad, Algerian-born Joe Strummer acolyte, has made a record...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2010
Dedications
Formed in 2016 by students of Boston's New England Conservatory, Night Tree's sophomore album makes an even bolder claim for...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2019
Meu Único Medo É Primavera
After a brief opener in which the Paulistano musician intones the album's title four times to the sole accompaniment of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2023
