Reviews
Afghan Rubab with Songbirds
Rahim Khushnawaz (c1947-2011) was one of the great rubab players of Afghanistan. But he comes from Herat rather than Kabul,...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
The Fluid Piano
It certainly sounds like a piano. But not as you know it. Against a drone of tambura, pianist Utsav Lal...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
The Voice of the Tantra
When I travelled to Tibet in 2005 to record liturgical music, many monasteries were in ruins after their destruction during...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Sunda Country: The Art of the Gamelan Degung
Gamelan degung is one of the smaller types of gamelan ensembles. This disc, recorded between 1972 and 1973, features two...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Ahimsa: Love is the Weapon of the Brave
Musicians from Kolkata, Los Angeles and Caracas – among them, three disciples of the late sitar legend Ravi Shankar –...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Néo
The title of this recording, the first album of original compositions by Japanese-American instrumentalist Kaoru Watanabe, can loosely be translated...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Atma Bhakti
Lulling vocals and an enchanting bansuri (flute) make for a soothing set of spiritual songs, perfect for meditation or relaxation....
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Bali 1928 – Anthology: The First Recordings
If I told you this disc was recorded yesterday, you’d think it was the most cutting-edge thing you’d heard all...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Tibet: Music & Prayers from the Yellow Hats Monasteries, Tashilhunpo, Ganden, Séra
Since the early 1960s, most releases by the 15th-century Reformed School Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhist monks have been recorded at their...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
