Reviews
Both Sides of the Aegean
Hüsnü Senlendirici & Trio Chios
Hüsnü Şenlendirici is Turkey's big clarinet star, famed for his glitzy virtuoso style and, unfortunately, a tendency for saccharine arrangements...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Eritrea's Got Soul
Eritrea has become Africa's forgotten country – certainly when it comes to music. Bordered on one side by the Red...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Sabor de Gracia
If you're familiar with the rumba catalana form of music, it may well be from listening to Ojos de Brujo,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Rough Guide to Paris Café
Oh dear, here we go again. Cue the Citroën DS archive shots and the old tourist board copy. More ethno-musicological...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Sin Rumba No Hay Son
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro
Does any other country of musicians celebrate the history of their music and its incredible creativity quite like the Cubans...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
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Holdvilágos (In the Moonlight)
Napra is a Hungarian folk band that deserves to be heard. They bring a rock attitude to traditional music with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Connections
When they collaborated on the Bombay Dreams musical a few years ago, Andrew Lloyd Webber declared Rahman to be ‘the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Seu Jorge and Almaz
This covers album is a radical departure from a standard Seu Jorge samba-funk album and those expecting the swinging, soulful...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Life of Birds
The guitarist of the Beautiful South has gathered together a formidable flock of folk talent for his debut solo album,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Timeless
Bob Wills, the arguable progenitor of Western Swing, made effective use of three fiddlers (Wills himself being one of them,...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
