Reviews
Folk Music of China Vol 3: Folk Songs of Yunnan
The title of this album would be more accurate with a subtitle of The Wa, Blang, and De'ang, as these...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Folk Music of China, Vol 2: Folk Songs of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
This second volume of Naxos World's compendium of Chinese folk music focuses on songs from Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang province...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
A Sign of Rain
Kim So Ra is a formidable Korean percussionist. Her main instrument is the janggu, the doubled headed hourglass drum. Played...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Pakistan Qawwali de la Delhi Gharana (Karachi)
Subhan Ahmed Nizami & Qawwal Baché
Subhan Ahmed Nizami may not be the first name that comes to mind when qawwali (the music of South Asian...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Dai Raft
When Afghan Hazara musician Hamid Sakhizada fled his country and moved to Norway in 2016, he found not only a...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Karma
After Jambinai, Black String are the best known of the intriguing new batch of experimental folk bands from South Korea....
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Hanggai Big Band Brass 2019
Hanggai have been performing interpretations of traditional music from both Inner Mongolia in China (where they hail from) and the...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Folk Music of China, Vol 1: Folk Songs of Qinghai and Gansu
This first volume of a wider collection of Chinese folk music focuses on songs from the Qinghai and Gansu provinces...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Way of the Drum
Mugenkyo Taiko (Limitless Reverberation) are one of the longest running taiko groups in the UK, whose interdisciplinary approach has led...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Calm Abiding: Guided Meditations & Sacred Buddhist Prayers
Calm Abiding is a timely collaboration between the Tashi Lhunpo Monks and meditation expert Shan Tate. The first three tracks,...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
