Reviews
Dai Raft
When Afghan Hazara musician Hamid Sakhizada fled his country and moved to Norway in 2016, he found not only a...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Karma
After Jambinai, Black String are the best known of the intriguing new batch of experimental folk bands from South Korea....
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Hanggai Big Band Brass 2019
Hanggai have been performing interpretations of traditional music from both Inner Mongolia in China (where they hail from) and the...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Folk Music of China, Vol 1: Folk Songs of Qinghai and Gansu
This first volume of a wider collection of Chinese folk music focuses on songs from the Qinghai and Gansu provinces...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Way of the Drum
Mugenkyo Taiko (Limitless Reverberation) are one of the longest running taiko groups in the UK, whose interdisciplinary approach has led...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Calm Abiding: Guided Meditations & Sacred Buddhist Prayers
Calm Abiding is a timely collaboration between the Tashi Lhunpo Monks and meditation expert Shan Tate. The first three tracks,...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre
Samia Malik, who is also a visual artist, writes and performs songs in the traditional ghazal (rhyming couplets) format and...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Tibet: Ritual Traditions of the Bonpos
Bon is considered as the collection of pre-Buddhist beliefs of the Tibetans. The Bonpos trace the source of their teachings...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Pansori: Le Dit de Demoiselle Sugyeong
Pansori, recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, is a traditional Korean form...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
The Sound of Silk
Li Xiangting is without doubt one of the few bona fide guqin (Chinese zither) masters of his generation. Not only...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
