Reviews
Ulyap Songs: Beyond Circassian Tradition
Fans of the traditional sounds of the Northern Caucasus will be familiar with the name of Bulat Khalilov and the...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Master of Bamboo Mouth Organ
The free reed bamboo mouth organ, the khaen or khene, is the iconic musical instrument of Laotians living in Isan...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Guitar Improvisations & Tashi Dorji
These two albums were originally issued solely on cassette by Headway Recordings, a now-defunct local label in Asheville, North Carolina,...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Instant Moksha – Mantras
Sarves Thiru is a Malaysian-born singer now based in London. She’s studied Carnatic singing and says: “I hope that people...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Vrindavan – 1982
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar | Zia Mohiuddin Dagar & Pandit Taranath
Presented as a double LP and in digital form this is an outstanding, although previously unheard, recording of the rudra...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Mirror City
Two instruments evoke Korea like no others: the daegeum bamboo flute (and its smaller equivalent, the sogeum) and the ajaeng...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Meera
Living at a time when women were confined to the home, the 16th-century Hindu mystic-poet Meerabai (bai being an honorific...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Śaranam
This is the third album from the Sydney-based trio. Śaranam means ‘to take refuge’ in Sanskrit and this is an...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Music in Covid Times
A treasure trove of North Indian classical and folk music, Music in Covid Times bagged all the most coveted categories...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Isolashun
Aditya Prakash’s debut solo album with its phonetic spelling of ‘isolation’ appears to be a direct reference to the pandemic...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
