Reviews
Gamelan of Java, Volume IV: Puspa Warna
Lyrichord's latest two discs highlight Javanese gamelan music's diversity. On Puspa Warna, musicians from central Java perform some of the...
Reviewed in issue June/2011
Thai? Dai! The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Underground
The typical Thai luk thung (often described as ‘country music’) shows of the 1970s were glitzy affairs with huge orchestras...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Naina Lagai Ke
Even in her late 70s, India's Bollywood queen Asha Bhosle has a fresh, youthful quality in her voice. And she's...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Reve de Sang
Wang Li grew up in Shandong, China, but went to Paris to find himself, and this disc shows what he...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Eternal Light
Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Anil Srinivasan
Lalgudi Krishnan is the son of the famous violin legend Lalgudi Jayaraman, and for this recording he has teamed up...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Love Bollywood
There are 33 songs here, all wrapped up in a lipstick-red case, and all but two of them were recorded...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Devils and Wonders in Bali
At several points, this disc of Balinese gamelan recordings made in 1974 had me punching the air in excitement. There’s...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Dil
The family style of the late sitar legend Vilayat Khan is renowned for its gayaki, a vocalised style of playing...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Mongolia: Kazakh Songs and Epic Traditions of the West
Ethnomusicologist Alain Desjacques made most of these field recordings of Kazakh, Uriangkhai and Zakhchin Mongol musicians in 1984, though some...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
The Sound of the Soul
Rarely do traditional Chinese instrumental recordings come in handsome packaging, with English and Chinese texts so well laid out. Rarely...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
