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Review of 9 Deadly Sins For Tamada

9 Deadly Sins For Tamada

Tamada

Alt Orient

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Chain of Light

Chain of Light

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

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

Review of Gaga Gundul

Gaga Gundul

Peemaï & Gayam 16

Collectif Koa

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Wild Cursive of Snowland

Wild Cursive of Snowland

Reba Jicun

Stallion Era Beijing

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Your Face is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars

Your Face is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars

Bhutan Balladeers

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Bagedai

Bagedai

Bagedai

Top of the World

Sea of Wood Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Yunnan’s vibrant music scene has a new star: Bagedai. Their self-titled debut captures the raw energy of their performances and...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Breathing Raga

Breathing Raga

Niloy Ahsan

Top of the World

Worlds Within Worlds

Rating: ★★★★★

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

Review of Nant

Nant

Poeji

Squama

Rating: ★★★★

At once calming and unsettling, meditative yet intentionally disquieting, this debut work by new collaboration Poeji gets under your skin...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Araya Lam

Araya Lam

The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band

Zudrangma Records

Rating: ★★★★

Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band (PBMIB) has released its first studio album since 2016’s successful Planet Lam. The new album...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Namaste Bombay – A Musical Tribute to Hindi Cinema

Namaste Bombay – A Musical Tribute to Hindi Cinema

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Award-winning composer, producer and performer Kuljit Bhamra pays tribute to the music of his childhood, that is, Indian film music...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

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