Reviews
Agitator
Many Songlines readers will know Radik Tyulyush through his long-term involvement with the Tuvan throat-singing ‘supergroup,’ Huun-Huur-Tu. Although he spent...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Discover Japanese Taiko
Taiko is a term that covers an array of Japanese drums (known as wadaiko). Since the mid-20th century, taiko has...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Bhutan Himalaya: Folk Music from Bhutan
This album seems to hark back to earlier, more simple times. Bhutan, bordering India and Tibet, conjures up images of...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Japanese Traditional Music: Songs of People at Work and Play
This album is the fifth volume in an anthology of traditional Japanese music, created in 1941 by the Kokusai Bunka...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Mask Dance
The Korean quartet Black String take their name from the geomungo, the funkiest of Korea's zithers, whose name translates as...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
North India
This re-release is a recording of the first concert given by the now-forgotten sitar maestro Pramod Kumar. Trained in tabla,...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Yumi Kagura
Kagura is an ancient form of Japanese Shinto sacred music and dance, which accompanies the ritual chanting of mythological tales....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Lam Phloen Grade A Guy
Composer, producer and savvy businessman Doi Inthanon (named after Thailand's tallest mountain) has created a huge catalogue of songs and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Planet Lam
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band's second studio album sees the band move on from the rootsy molam music of...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Carnatic Connection
Bollywood Brass Band featuring Jyotsna Srikanth
The Bollywood Brass Band's latest album is yet another outstanding tour de force. With the help of Jyotsna Srikanth's Karnatic...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
