Reviews
Goddess: Indian Music in Celebration of Goddesses around the World
Baluji Shrivastav’s concept album takes us on a musical explor¬ation celebrating myths surrounding female deities around the globe. With its...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Raghu Dixit
Do you wanna feel good? Raghu Dixit does. He has an exuberant optimism that epitomises modern India. While announcing in...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Beginner’s Guide to India
This sprawling introduction to the music of the Indian subcontinent is compiled by British Asian presenter Lopa Kothari – of...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
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
