Reviews
Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School
Phursung Kelak's life was characterised by disruption and change. Aged 13, he joined a monastery in his native Tibet. Eight...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Folk Music of China Vol 5: Aboriginal Folk Songs of Taiwan
Most of the Austronesianlanguage songs from Taiwan featured on the latest instalment of Naxos World's Folk Music of China series...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Homage to Wayan Lotring
This double CD features the only surviving clear recordings of one of the most important Balinese musicians of modern times,...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province
This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Seasons of India
The premise of this disc is a journey by raga through a year of seasons, from monsoon to summer. This...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Ayalgalar: Melodies
This is the fourth and highly listenable release by Tyva Kyzy. They were the first and only women's group in...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Folk Music of China Vol 4: Songs of Guangxi
This is a rare recording of some lesser-known musical traditions from Guangxi, China. The album presents authentic folk songs of...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Hoa Âm Xu'a
Since 2016, Saigon Soul Revival have been gigging at venues across Vietnam, entertaining audiences with their distinctive style of revamped...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Sangeet
Sudeshna Bhattacharya & Tanmoy Bose
Sudeshna Bhattacharya, who has been a lecturer in International Management and also teaches Indian classical music at the Norwegian Academy...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Everyone Listen Close: Wanp-Wanp Jangl Kap
The 12th instalment of the series Anthology of Music in China takes us on a journey into the unique polyphonic...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
