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Reviews of Cross-Balkan and Balkan-associated albums,
written by Andrew Cronshaw in fRoots (or earlier Folk Roots or Southern Rag)

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Artist Title Label Release date FR Issue Number
A Hawk and a Hacksaw Cervantine LM Duplication 2010 333
Aksak Portraits Buda 2008 313
Balkan Horses Band Contact Part One UBP International 2003 253
Balkanarama  Nonstop Own label 2000 211/212
Balkan Playboys Balkaninis Felmay 2003 246
Balkansemblet Curved Grooves Etnisk Musikklubb 2009 316
Balkanto Vero Margarita's Dream Zoku-EMI Belgium 2002 230/231
BandAdriatica Maremoto (CD + DVD) Finisterre 2009 316
Bengalo (László Rácz, Oluf Dimitri Rře, Jovan Pavlovic, Ole Morten Vĺgan, Christian Haug, Anne Fossen) Vir Hot Club 2004 253
Bengalo Foy Etnisk Musikklubb 2010 334
Besh o droM  Macsó Himzés Fonó 2000 217
Besh o droM  Kertünk Alatt - Down the Garden NarRator 2011 338/339
Čači Vorba Tajno Biav Oriente 2011 341/342
Csókolom Ludo Luda - Fools Fancy Arhoolie 2001 229
Jerewan Balkanblues & Kaukabilly HeiDeck 2000 211/212
Kálmán Magyar Exposed Hungaria 2003 249
Kayah & Goran Bregovic Kayah & Bregovic RCA Victor 1999 209
La Cherga Fake No More Asphalt Tango 2008 309
Lautari Chamber Folk Music - Muzica Lautareasca Nova Lautari / Stowarzyszenie Czasu Kultury 2002 256
Lautari  Azaran Samograj 2006 283/284
Lele Lele Lele Lele Dartbird 2009 316
Les Anges Compagnie The Black Slavics Jaro 2000 216
Mara! with Martenitsa Choir  Sezona Real World 1998 198
Natasa Mirkovic - De Ro, Matthias Loibner Ajvar & Sterz Nube 2006 283/284
Nello Mirando, Kálmán Urszui & the Energypsies Te Djiewiss Fréa/Music & Words 2003 247/248
Nikola Parov Kilim Hannibal 1997 169
No Border Orchestra Arctic Cinema Iboks 2010 334
Orientexpressen Mahala! Sjelvar 1997 182/183
Orkestar Bez Ime  Nice Driveway - Volume One Orkestar Bez Ime 2005 287
Orkestar Bez Ime Nice Driveway - Volume Two Orkestar Bez Ime 2006 287
Östblocket  Yes we are a Swedish Balkan band, you don't have to look twice! Östblocket 2004 253
Östblocket  Gift Östblocket 2007 299
Garth Cartwright (author) Book: Princes Amongst Men Serpent's Tail 2005 265
Ruze Dalmatinke Songs from Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina Ruze Dalmatinke 1993 126
Sandy Lopicic Orkestar (with Deishovida) Border Confusion Network 2001 223/224
Sanja Ilic & Balkanika  Balkan 2000 Biveco 2000 238
Sedjanka Sedjanka - Denmark Sedjanka 2001 221
Schäl Sick Brass Band Maza Meze ACT 2000 211/212
Shira u'tfila Biviendo en Kantando - Life as a Song - Sephardic songs from the Balkans at the end of the 19th century (Double CD) Fréa 2010 329/330
Tarhana Mundus Rein Music 2008 309
Various Souffles de L'Ame - Balkan Blues Network 1999 198
Various Balkans Without Borders Omnium 1999 199/200
Various The Rough Guide to the Music of the Balkans World Music Network 2003 242/243
Various Princes Amongst Men Asphalt Tango 2008 305
Various Balkan Fever London - Mind the Brass Green Queen 2010 326/327
Vents d'Est (Ghymes, Vujicsics, Montanaro) Ballad Pour Une Mer Qui Chante - volume 1 Vents d'Est 1996 166
Vlada Kanic En Passant med aksent Etnisk Musikklubb 2001 229
Zingaros Cirkari - Gypsy Music from Eastern Europe ARC 2010 326/327
Zsarátnok (Nikola Parov et al) Zsarátnok Hungaroton 1989 81

 


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