Reviews

The Gleam

Park Jiha

The work of the Korean multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha has divided opinion at Songlines. Simon Broughton disliked her 2018 solo debut...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Tonkori in the Moonlight

OKI

This writer interviewed OKI, the famed Ainu musician and producer from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, for this magazine some...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Ji

Jens Pollheide & Imran Khan

This pairing between German ex-Embryo bassist Pollheide and Indian sitar player Imran Khan marks the culmination of seven years of...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Landscape

Kim So Ra

South Korean percussionist Kim So Ra started learning janggu (the hour-glass drum played with a pair of lithe sticks) aged...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Changys Baglaash

Khöömei Beat

Khöömei Beat are a young Tyvan (also spelt Tuvan) quintet formed in 2017 who have grown up witnessing the acclaim...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Byzaanchy

Choduraa Tumat

Choduraa Tumat is one of Tyva’s finest female khöömeizhi (master throat singers), being leader of the group Tyva Kyzy, but...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Kofū II

Meitei

This is a fascinating album by Meitei that perhaps can be described as simply a sound collage of Japan, both...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Parampara Festival 13.3.1992

Amelia Cuni

Held in Berlin in 1992, Parampara Festival brought together Indian teachers and their international students to showcase the global spread...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Masterpieces for Sarod and Violin

Amjad Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash

There’s a long tradition of Indian-meets Western-music albums, but this is one of the best. India’s premiere sarod player, Amjad...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Shandao

Shanren

As a renowned Chinese folk band from Yunnan, one of the most ethnically diverse parts of southern China, Shanren has...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022