Reviews
At Home
Amarrass Records’ At Home albums feature some of India's great folk musicians recorded in their home environment. They have a...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Incantations
On this collection of songs and instrumentals, the East Indian-American musician Sheela Bringi shares songwriting credits with a multi-instrumentalist named...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Nostalgique Vietnam: Chansons de Charme, Poèmes et Prières 1937-1954
This release coincides with a season of Vietnamese events currently being held in France as part of the Année France-Vietnam...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia
Dust-to-Digital's latest release, a four-CD compilation of some of the earliest recorded music in South-East Asia, is a treasure trove...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Music from Balochistan
The picture on the inside of this CD features the band Padik in front of a mountain valley that looks...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Ongod
Mongolian khöömei (overtone) singer Ganzorig Nergui and morin huur (horse head fiddle) player Ganbold Muukhaï are the two remaining members...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Spring
Katayoun Goudarzi & Shujaat Husain Khan
The joy in making music within the mystic branch of Islam known as Sufism, and the verses of the 13th-century...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
The Groove Maker
Gurdain Rayatt, a disciple of Shankar Ghosh, recorded his solo tabla recital from the Darbar Festival live at Kings Place...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Kashmir: Sufyana Kalam from Srinagar
Sufi music from Pakistan and India, particularly qawwali, is well-known, but the traditions of Kashmir are little-known – partly because...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Ether
Anupama Bhagwat belongs to a band of female classical instrumentalists in Hindustani music that is rapidly shrinking in number. Still...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
