Reviews
Wisdom and Insight
Any listeners’ fears that Tibetan ritual music may be too challenging or austere are readily dispelled by this latest release...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Returning Minimalism: New Works for Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar
A bird sings and insects hum in the background. A metallophone begins playing a rapid three-beat pattern. Another, played with...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Binari: Well Wishing Music
As those who have seen the group live know, Dulsori mix old and new, but they do so with authority,...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Rangeele
Rangeele is Kailash Kher's fourth album with the band Kailasa, which he set up with brothers Paresh and Naresh Kamath...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Four Shagai Bones: Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing
Imagine if, in their late years, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Muddy Waters all got together for a...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Tree of Dreams
Tree of Dreams is Huong Thanh's second album of traditional Vietnamese music following the release of Cai Luong Music in...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Indian Ragas & Medieval Song
Dominique Vellard, Ken Zuckerman, Anindo Chatterjee & Keyvan Chemirani
The tenor Dominique Vellard is an outstanding figure in the performance of early and Renaissance music, while Ken Zuckerman is...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Gagok, Pungnyu III
This is a beautifully packaged atmospheric recording, but one that may take some getting used to. The gagok repertoire, protected...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
My Seven-String Chadyghan: Songs from the Khahas North
The chadyghan is a long wooden box of a zither, exquisitely played here by Khakassian singer and instrumentalist Yulia Charkova...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Nippon Guitars: Instrumental Surf, Eleki & Tsugaru Rock 1966-1974
The Dead Kennedys’ former lead singer Jello Biafra is a big fan. Reinvented Jap-rock historian Julian Cope has also expressed...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
