Reviews
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
Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre
Samia Malik, who is also a visual artist, writes and performs songs in the traditional ghazal (rhyming couplets) format and...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Tibet: Ritual Traditions of the Bonpos
Bon is considered as the collection of pre-Buddhist beliefs of the Tibetans. The Bonpos trace the source of their teachings...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Pansori: Le Dit de Demoiselle Sugyeong
Pansori, recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, is a traditional Korean form...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
The Sound of Silk
Li Xiangting is without doubt one of the few bona fide guqin (Chinese zither) masters of his generation. Not only...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Live at WOMAD 1985
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party
Marking its 30th anniversary, Real World Records has released this album as a tribute to the late qawwali king, Nusrat...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Cloud Wandering
One of the foremost performers of Okinawan folk music, vocalist and sanshin (banjo-like lute) player Takashi Hirayasu came to prominence...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
2019
At a recent meeting to plan Songlines' 20th anniversary commemorative special (out on September 6), we found ourselves wondering what...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
