Reviews
My East is Your West
Sarathy Korwar & UPAJ Collective
A half-century has elapsed since Alla Rakha and Buddy Rich exchanged rhythmic wisdom on Rich à la Rakha. As tabla...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
The Rough Guide to Ali Akbar Khan
It is rare for a single musician to be called the greatest living musician of his time, yet that is...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Heemor (Windhorse Reprise)
Wind Horse, the debut release by Inner Mongolian band Anda Union in 2011, was a Top of the World in...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Sound the People
Brooklyn-based Red Baraat are an international, bhangra-infused version of the brass bands that accompany Indian weddings and festivals. Their latest...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
The Rough Guide to Zakir Hussain
The tabla is India's best-known drum yet, traditionally, it was always ranked way down the pecking order of instruments, only...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Joys Abound
Perhaps the most aptly named debut album of recent times, Joys Abound certainly lives up to its name. Anandi Bhattacharya's...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Samaya
Harpreet Bansal is a Norway-based violinist of the North Indian tradition who was taught and mentored by her father, Harbhajan...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Sacred Words
Australian-born Manika Kaur is a singer of shabad-kirtan, verses from the Sikh Holy scriptures consisting of poetry written by the...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
7 Billion
It's good, for her health's sake, that New York-based ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia isn’t one of those artists, like Led...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
