Reviews
Marwa
Netherlands-based Marianne Svašek is a dhrupad singer and sarangi player. In following her chosen vocation she has certainly ticked all...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Saigon Supersound Vol 3
This is the third and final volume in the Saigon Supersound series, covering the ‘Golden Era’ of south Vietnamese popular...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Tear in the River
Berlin-based bansuri player Roy Sunak's debut album, Tear in the River, can’t be faulted musically, even if its concept –...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Nostalgic Bollywood: Memorable Songs from Films of Love and Devotion (1939-1959)
This sumptuous compilation offers a detailed survey of Indian movie songs from throughout the genre's Golden Age during the 1940s...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Music for Hope
Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has done a few collaborative recordings with musicians from other traditions – for instance...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Satyam
Toronto-based tabla player Vineet Vyas has an impressive pedigree, studying with Kishan Maharaj and playing with, among others, Amjad Ali...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Veena Dreams
Raghunath Manet is originally from Puducherry in South India and splits his time between there and France. He is not...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Tribute to Legends: Ghulam Ali
This disc is, theoretically at least, a homage to the ghazal legend Ghulam Ali as imagined by Pakistani superstar Shafqat...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Starshine
Taiwan sadly remains an afterthought in the world music community so having another A Moving Sound album arrive in 2022,...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
The Living World's Demands
As a first-generation Punjabi-American from Baltimore, Ami Dang uses sitar, voice and electronics to carve a complex identity. She deals...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
