Reviews
Mountain Melodies: Rubab Music of Afghanistan
The rubab, the national instrument of Afghanistan, is one of the world's great plucked instruments. Its warm muscular sound is...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Mitha Bol: Rajasthan Field Recordings Vol 1
These wonderful discs make up two volumes of field recordings made in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, with both albums...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
The Manganiyar Seduction
The Manganiyar Seduction has been an extraordinary international theatrical success. It's a visually striking piece by Indian theatre director Roysten...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Music of the Santal Tribe: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya
This album not only has some wonderful music but is also a valuable ethnographic and historical record of the culture...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
The Don Ca Tai Tu: Chamber Music of the Mekong Delta
In 2013 the southern Vietnamese chamber music genre don ca tai tu was officially recognised as intangible cultural heritage by...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
17 Golden Greats
The liturgical chanting of the Tibetan monasteries is one of the great ‘endangered species’ of cultural preservation in Tibet, so...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Isan Lam Plearn
Angkanang Kunchai with Ubon-Pattana Band
Thai popular music compilers Maft Sai and Chris Menist of Sound of Siam fame have now released a solo-artist compilation,...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
The Sound of Siam Vol 2: Molam & Luk Thung from North-East Thailand 1970-1982
The second Thai music compilation by the Thai-UK DJ duo of Maft Sai and Chris Menist, switches the focus from...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
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Tibet: Lam la Che (On the Road)
The fragmentation of Tibetan culture over the last half-century has led, for better or worse, to an astounding variety of...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
