Reviews

Indian Classical Interactions

Baluji Shrivastav

This album celebrates the work of British-based Indian musician Baluji Shrivastav and features four separate original works combining the melody...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Morning Meditation

Sumeet Anand Pandey

Sumeet Anand Pandey is a tenth generation singer of dhrupad, India’s ancient song form that began as devotional music in...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

The Butterfly Effect

Ranjana Ghatak

British singer Ranjana Ghatak is well-known for her work uniting North Indian and Western musics, especially jazz, working with some...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Jangar

Khusugtun

From the first duo of highly impressive throat singing and the opening riff of the morin huur (horse head fiddle)...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Solace

Alam Khan

Alam Khan is inevitably introduced as the son of the legendary sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, but on the evidence...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Clap & Applause

Coreyah

From K-drama on Netflix to K-beauty in Boots, South Korea has been on a remarkable rise to prominence in the...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Pakistan is for the Peaceful

Ustad Saami

This is an incredible performance by Pakistani master vocalist Ustad Saami, one that demands that you listen and re-listen to...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Compassion

Lama Lobsang Palden and Jim Becker

Jim Becker, a Chicago-based musician, and Lama Lobsang Palden, a Tibetan yoga teacher and healer now living in the US,...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Time Does Not Exist for Light

Josh Feinberg

One shouldn’t have to begin by pointing out that sitar player Josh Feinberg is American, but non-Indian sitarists of this...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Obi

Yutaka Oyama

Yutaka Oyama is a master of the Tsugaru shamisen school in Japan, having learned at the foot of his grandfather,...

Reviewed in issue October/2020