Reviews
Digital Indigenous 06: Njondhil Njondhal
Javan gamelan ensembles are usually huge affairs, with ranks of musicians playing gongs and percussion instruments. Indonesian musician and composer...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Murmures d’Himalaya
This is an excellent release by a trio consisting of Lobsang Chonzor, a Tibetan singer born in exile and dranyen...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Berlin 1964 – Live & Berlin 1964 – The Lost Studio Recordings
A double archival release from Black Truffle, these very rare recordings feature the brothers Moinuddin (d1966) and Aminuddin Dagar (d2000),...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Jami
This album is a double dedication, firstly to the 15th-century Sufi poetry of Jami, and secondly to the qawwali master...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
The Art of Sankyoku
Ensemble Hougaku Shijyuusoudan
Japanese musicians have few competitors when it comes to sustaining traditions while subtly updating them for today. Traditions are rarely...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Songs of My Land
A classical soprano with a decades-long career in early music, Chiyomi Yamada moved back to her native Japan in 2022,...
Reviewed in issue May/2024
Qasr
This layered debut explores issues of identity that arise when one’s ethnic heritage does not wholly align with one’s country...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
If Only I Could Hibernate
This release is the soundtrack to the film If Only I Could Hibernate by Mongolian director Zoljargal Purevdash. It had...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
