Reviews
Ek
Manika Kaur specialises in kirtan, the main communal ritual of the Sikh religion that entails the practice of singing mystical...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan
Defining exactly what is or is not ‘avant-garde’ music is an impossible task, with not even close to a consensus...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Chinmaya Dunster presents… MELA: Beyond Tradition
There is no doubting the devotion with which sarod player Chinmaya Dunster, the progenitor of MELA, approaches his musical projects....
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Chalo
This charitable 28-track compilation aims to raise the profile of South Asian music, bringing together artists from the region and...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Dawn of Paradise
Anupam Shobhakar & Anindo Chatterjee
Anupam Shobhakar is a New York-based Indian classical musician who plays sarod (an unfretted lute with a deeper tone than...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Le Chant Khyal ou l'Art de l'Imagination
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande is currently one of the leading female artists of North Indian classical vocal music specialising in the genre...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Songs Beyond Words
Performing together for more than 20 years, the husband and wife team of vocalist Mia Hsieh, a Taiwan native, and...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3
These three albums are by one of India's finest classical instrumentalists playing one of the most distinguished instruments, the sarod....
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Dusk Notes
Supriya Nagarajan & Duncan Chapman
Drawing upon synaesthesia and dusk ragas, Dusk Notes is Mumbai-born Nagarajan's debut album made in collaboration with sound artist Duncan...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
