Advantages: great selection, good variety Disadvantages: somehow mistitled, mostly traditional stuff
Rough Guide, best known for their budget travel guides, has been steadily expanding in other areas, and has been responsible for quite a few musical "guides" over the years.
This 1998 album, marketed as "Rough Guide to the Music of Eastern Europe", does pretty much exactly what is says on the package: provides quite a wide ranging overview of folk and (occasionally) folk-inspired music of Eastern Europe. This is an album that pretty much started my liking for "world music" coming from my part of the world, and despite its age it remains a good compilation which really does showcase the variety of what's on offer quite well.
One thing that this "Rough Guide" album needs is perhaps a better definition of what is considered Eastern Europe: this is a surprisingly woolly category (I always remember somebody commenting than Poland ...
Advantages: Long established. reliable, Superb pictures Disadvantages: Difficult to find any
The long established,US-based,travel publication, NationalGeographic,is one of the most respected travel magazines in the world.It is not difficult to find the reasons why this is so. Firstly it is a beautifully produced publication with pictures by award winning and world famous photographers. Indeed it is one of the glossiest magazines in the market. Secondly,its articles are highly informative,very well researched and reliable. Thirdly,although US based it is not parochial-its editorial coverage spans the world. It also really does cover out of the way spots and is a wonderful guide if you are an adventurous type of traveller.
There is little doubt in my mind that this publication is high on the list of magazines that travel writers aspire to write for. It is very prestigous indeed and is a good buy for anyone interested in exotic ...
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