Reviews
Bulgaria: The Art of the Gadulka
The gadulka is the Bulgarian version of the pear-shaped fiddle, found in various forms right across the eastern Mediterranean. Like...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Oh, What A WorldFolk Europa FECD 030
What if Jimi Hendrix had heard the playing of a Transylvanian village primás? What if Béla Bartók were to have...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
All Dressed in Yellow
The cover of All Dressed in Yellow features a photo of a man with his arm outstretched holding, horizontal, in...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
A Hajnali Csillag Ragyog
Tcha Limberger’s Kalotaszeg Trio
Violinist Tcha Limberger was born in Belgium to a Romani Gypsy father. His last disc, reviewed in Songlines #60, was...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Umbrellowhead
Come across this on a shelf and you’ll think you’ve found a new Bellowhead album. But what we have here...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Out of Sight
The Polish trio Kroke formed back in 1992 and started playing Jewish klezmer in their home city of Krakow –...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
The Rough Guide to Gypsy Revival
World Music Network handle all the Rough Guide compilations and in recent years have done a series of Gypsy-themed CDs....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Saints and Scoundrels
The virtuoso accordionist from Doolin in County Clare is certainly not short of a few friends on this wild wagon-train...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Night Train for Lovers and Thieves
Gypsy Groovz Orchestra Goes Tuttimundi
Most new Balkan brass records try to capitalise on the genre's reputation as being fantastic dance music – each vying...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed
The songs and music of Show of Hands – the West Country duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer – create...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
