Reviews
Synthesizing the Silk Roads
The title and subheading (Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock and Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia) say...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
A Sound Heart
Whatever/Whoever is the translation of Jaubi (pronounced jaw-bee) and ‘whatever sounds good’ is the band’s guiding principle. The Pakistani jazz...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Carnatic Nomad
This very effective album comes from Karnatak violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, ably supported by BC Manjunath on mridangam (barrel drum) and...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
9 Deadly Sins For Tamada
One could hardly accuse Georgian singer-songwriter Tamada of lacking in ambition on this, his second album, which he organises around...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Chain of Light
By any measure this is a huge event, 27 years after his death we have the release of four newly...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Gaga Gundul
Since their eponymous debut in 2017, French electric jazz quartet Peemaï, from Montpellier, have rearranged Asian traditional tunes, following bassist...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Wild Cursive of Snowland
Reba Jicun’s debut album is a stunning blend of traditional Tibetan opera, rock, metal and Buddhist chanting. Jicun’s musical journey...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Your Face is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars
Zhungdra music, according to Kuensel, Bhutan’s national newspaper, ‘was first performed [in Bhutan] in the 17th century to commemorate the...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Breathing Raga
Breathing Raga is heaven, a full dhrupad performance of raag Bhairav, from alap to bandish (composition). The singer here is...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
