Reviews
Yol
It's been 25 years since Kardeş Türküler first banded together at Istanbul's Bosphorus University. This ninth album, Yol (The Road),...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2018
Nueva Antología
Originally released two decades ago, this dazzling double album was, for many, the introduction to Compay Segundo immediately prior to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
Levanta Poeira
Levanta Poeira is a puzzling musical object. Compiler DJ Tahira is a well-known vinyl digger based in São Paulo and...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2018
Live in Bamako
There's a certain emotional urgency that can only be delivered by a live album. Live in Bamako, Oumar Konaté's fourth...
Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: June/2018
Lio Canta Caymmi
Lisbon-born French singer Lio became a pop icon in France and Belgium following her hit single ‘Le Banana Split’ in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: June/2018
When the Sun Comes Up
The third studio album by Toronto's Lonesome Ace Stringband underscores the trio's reputation as a tightly knit unit committed to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2018
A Long Engagement
New York DJ Nickodemus has never been one to stay isolated in the Big Apple. Drawing upon a myriad of...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2018
The Bridge
Arash Moradi plays the tanbur – a saz-like long-necked lute that is played in Iranian Kurdistan. For many it is...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2018
The Lost Songs of World War II
It is truly extraordinary how so many treasures of Jewish music got lost or were concealed behind the Iron Curtain...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2018
Bardik Springs
Bardik Springs is very much an album of two halves. The first CD offers an elegant fusion of Indian classical...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2018
