Reviews
Love & Devotion
Qawwali is the devotional music of South Asian Sufis (Islamic mystics) and its most famous exponent, the late Nusrat Fateh...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Anthology of Indian Classical Music: A Tribute to Alain Daniélou
This three-LP set, recorded by Alain Daniélou, was first released in 1955. The recordings were groundbreaking in the 50s for...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Three-Mountain Pass
At the opening of this CD, the plucked strings that slide serenely from note to note are like a silken...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Echoes of Indus
While Pakistan has undoubtedly given the world some outstanding classical vocalists, Pakistani instrumentalists have, by and large, remained in obscurity...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood
Bollywood rode high in the 60s and 70s. Playback singers were the stars of their day and musical directors had...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Elegant Pipa Classics: Wu Man’s New Renditions of Ancient Melodies
Here are ‘elegant’ pipa (Chinese lute) classics, which are in the main calm and meditative. But what a title! Traditional...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Jasmine Flower
The Paris-based erhu (two-stringed fiddle) player Guo Gan is part of a burgeoning generation of traditional East Asian musicians who...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Dance of the Cobra
To anyone familiar with the vibrant sounds of Indian wedding bands, this will come as a welcome album. What they...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Ethnic Minority Music of Southern China
This highly personal collection of music is the distillation of 55 CDs’ worth of source material lovingly recorded between 2006...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
