Reviews
Murshidi and Sufi Songs: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya
These are some of the last recordings made by celebrated musicologist Deben Bhattacharya (pictured above, left) in February 2001, shortly...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco
The vintage Bollywood soundtrack era is more often presented in the context of funk than disco, but there's no argument...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
The Art of the Mongolian Yatga
The yatga is a Mongolian zither (similar to a Chinese guzheng or Japanese koto), which Baasankhuu performs confidently upon, whether...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Master Tsar: The Art of the Qin
This double album of qin (classical Chinese zither) music is a tribute to traditional qin virtuoso Tsar Teh-yun from Hong...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
21st Century Molam
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
After moving to Bangkok in 2008, journalist and record collector Chris Menist found a wealth of 7" vinyl treasures in...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
I Bow to you Waheguru
Australian-born Sikh singer Manika Kaur returns with a second album, giving us a less conventional presentation of shabadkirtan (Sikh devotional...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
The Sounds of Varanasi
The very mention of Varanasi, India's holiest city on the banks of the River Ganges, conjures up the most evocative...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
For Tradition Turn to Nedunuri
These three discs comprise an entire concert performance by one of Karnatic music's greatest singers of the 20th century, Nedunuri...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Live in Nashville
This is a live recording of a 2013 concert on Lakha Khan's debut American tour, given in a Presbyterian church...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Maldivian Traditional Music From V Keyodhoo
The remote nature of the Maldives and its Indian Ocean islands has meant that, over the centuries, its inhabitants have...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
