Reviews
Arzu: Songs of the Uyghurs
Sanubar Tursun comes from a family of musicians and has performed since childhood. The Uyghur people live in north-west China...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Rock From Taklamakan Desert
The Taklamakan Desert is situated in the south-east of Xinjiang – a province in northwest China that serves as the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Wild Tune Stray Rhythm
Song Yuzhe comes from north-east China and he is the composer of this dynamic set of songs and instrumentals. On...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Tibet: Songs from Exile
Fifty years after the Chinese occupation of Tibet, there are still few recordings of genuine traditional music from Tibet’s rural...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
The Art of the Geomungo Sanjo
This reviewer must admit to being a big fan of sanjo, the extended, almost jazzy Korean instrumental genre. It typically...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Life Death Tears Dream
This is the third release by the Vancouver-based ensemble that features Lan Tung on Taiwanese erhu (two-string spiked fiddle), Haiqiong...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Folk Songs and Soundscapes from Nepal
Composer and producer Bishwo Shahi is based in London but recorded this album in Kathmandu, the capital of his homeland...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Les Fleurs du Levant
In the 60s, a curious release on the Smithsonian Folkways label featured the well-known Korean folk song, ‘Arirang’ played on...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
The Living Room Sessions Part 2
This is the eagerly awaited second volume of the outstanding Living Room Sessions, the first of which won the legendary...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Tajikistan: Classical Music and Songs
This suite of mainly instrumental music is an exemplary presentation of Tajik art music. Abdurashidov plays the sato, a (very)...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
