Reviews
Wayfinder
This recording from Canada-based sitarist Mohamed Assani successfully combines the melodic sophistication of the Hindustani tradition with a more contemporary...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Folk Music of China Vol 6: Folk Songs of China's Tajik & Russian Minorities
You would be forgiven for mistaking this album for one from the former Soviet Union. It is instead music by...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Moon Over Ci. Ruins
This remarkable album explores the shared history of music between ancient China, specifically the Tang Dynasty (seventh to tenth century...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Voices of the Sani
This debut presents a fusion of pop and traditional folk music of the Sani people from south-western China's Yunnan province....
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Taiko Do: Echo of the Soul
As we saw in the March issue (#155), the craze for Japanese taiko drumming is far reaching. KyoShinDo are a...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Indigo Soul
A confident and exhilarating album, Indigo Soul suffers slightly from a trade description issue. Unnati is presented as a ‘London...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
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
