Reviews
Gamelan of Central Java XII: Pangkur One
‘Pangkur’ is the keystone of the repertoire of central Javanese gamelan, a tune that anyone acquainted with the music is...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Gamelan of Java Volume One: Kraton Kasunanan
Not content with overseeing Felmay's series of recordings, John Noise Manis – aka the Italian composer Giovanni Sciarrino (manis is...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Along the Silk Road: Ancient and Modern Music for the Kugo
Ancient and modern music for the what? Listening blind to this instrument, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for the...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Music of Central Asia Vol Nine: In the Footsteps of Babur
This ninth CD in the impressive Aga Khan Trust for Culture series of music from Central Asia takes Babur, the...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Music of the Honey Gatherers
Paban Das Baul is the foremost ambassador of Baul, the roots music from Indian Bengal and Bangladesh. Baul musicians sing...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Music of Central Asia Vol Eight: Rainbow
Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov & Homayun Sakhi
This clearly shows the Music of Central Asia discs moving in a different direction – away from purely traditional music...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Music of Central Asia Vol Seven: In the Shrine of the Heart
With its seventh volume, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture series focuses for the first time on Uzbekistan and traditional...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
The Playback Queen: the Very Best of Asha Bhosle
Aptly titled The Playback Queen, this compilation captures four decades of Asha Bhosle's extensive repertoire – up to the 1990s...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Masters of Indian Classical Music Volume II
This double–CD set follows on from an earlier compilation from ARC featuring more or less the same group of musicians...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
South India: Flowers and Ashes Hymns to Shiva
This is a disc of South Indian (Karnatic) singing in the temples of Tamil Nadu, the large state at the...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
