Reviews
Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province
This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...
Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020
Ayalgalar: Melodies
This is the fourth and highly listenable release by Tyva Kyzy. They were the first and only women's group in...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2020
Byzaanchy
Choduraa Tumat is one of Tyva’s finest female khöömeizhi (master throat singers), being leader of the group Tyva Kyzy, but...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2022
Palaces
Electric Vocuhila, a French quartet founded ten years ago in Berlin as part of a musicians’ co-operative, display an impressive...
Reviewed by Julia in issue: June/2020
Molly Tigre
This Brooklyn quintet's eponymously named debut (available digitally and on cassette) features a twin saxophone front-line, with Mitch Marcus and...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Life in a Day OST
Soundtracks are funny old things. When they feature alongside a film, they make sense – they’re doing precisely what they’re...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2012
Chantent en Français
Chantent en Français starts with a jaunty bout of string-picking, strumming, a squeeze of accordion, a parting curtain of strings...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
