Reviews
Northern Khmer Spirit Music in Thailand
Kantrum boran, the traditional music of Northern Khmer people, is found in the lower north-eastern Thai provinces of Surin, Sri...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2022
Between Us…
Anoushka Shankar & Metropole Orkest with Jules Buckley & Manu Delago
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar here joins forces with the Netherlands-based Metropole Orkest and handpan performer Manu Delago on a purely instrumental...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2022
Exploring Gong Culture in Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago
Sound artist and archivist Yasuhiro Morinaga records found sounds and music from around the globe. Recently, he turned his attention...
Reviewed in issue July/2022
Home
Sushma Soma with Aditya Prakash
Forest fires create an ashen, black landscape in the Amazon. Over in India, an elephant stumbles across a pineapple, begins...
Reviewed in issue July/2022
Chardi Kala
This is a great life-affirming disc from Sonny Singh, also known for his vocals and amazing trumpet playing in the...
Reviewed in issue July/2022
Parvat
Symphony-like in structure with three movements, Parvat is an articulation of Norwegian violinist Harpreet Bansal’s musical identity as an exponent...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Essence of Duality
When it comes to world fusion music revolving around Hindustani classical music, a template was set in stone by Shakti....
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Alazhymny/My Alash
This release is essential for fans of Tyvan throat singing. It features unique archive field recordings made in Tyva from...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Awakening
The Tibetan singer and composer has been in exile from her birth land for over 30 years. Awakening is her...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Re/Semblance: Saath-Saath
Conceived and realised between 2016-2019, and necessitating numerous trips between Bangalore, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Wuhan,...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
