Reviews
Live in Bangalore
Performing in Bangalore in February 2012 (around ten months before his death) Ravi Shankar is on top form here, alongside...
Reviewed in issue December/2015
Live in Stockholm 1969
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar & Pandit Taranath
The rudra veena (or bīn) player Zia Mohiuddin Dagar came from one of the oldest musical lineages in India, a...
Reviewed in issue December/2015
Ani Ukali, Sangai Orali
Here's something a little different, from the new-school folk band Night. They attempt to take the folk traditions – principally...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Mongolie: Chants de Gorge
This budget CD is a compilation of Mongolian traditional music that only actually features four tracks with throat singing. The...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Bali 1928, Vol II: Tembang Kuna – Songs from an Earlier Time
The second of five planned discs collecting 78s of traditional Balinese music, this album's music may be 87 years old,...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
An Anthology of Tibetan Folk Songs
These present a polished selection of Tibetan songs from an experienced singer, who also plays all the accompanying instruments. Namgyal...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Tales of Pangea: Gotrasawala Ensemble
The results of a meeting between Spanish composer and musician Ana Alcaide and Indonesian producer Franki Raden in the city...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Chai Party
Alya Marquardt & The Shamash Ensemble
The first thing that grabs you on this album is the voice. Haunting and full of subtle modulation with an...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Sur Sangeet
Dildar Hussain Khan & Abrar Hussain Khan
It's unlikely that readers will know the name Dildar Hussain Khan, although many will have heard him as the accompanying...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
