Reviews
Śaranam
This is the third album from the Sydney-based trio. Śaranam means ‘to take refuge’ in Sanskrit and this is an...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Music in Covid Times
A treasure trove of North Indian classical and folk music, Music in Covid Times bagged all the most coveted categories...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Isolashun
Aditya Prakash’s debut solo album with its phonetic spelling of ‘isolation’ appears to be a direct reference to the pandemic...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
The Resonance Between
Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma, Jack Perla & Del Sol Quartet
While there are countless East-West fusions out there, there are few that sound as effortlessly meant to be as this...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Sekar Mayang
Indonesian singer-songwriter Soedjarwoto Soemarsono, known as Gombloh, was an important counter-culture figure of the 1970s and 1980s in his home...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Lafz Bheege Hain – Words Drenched in Tears
Sufiscore is not just a record label but also a YouTube channel which has a huge following in Asia, particularly...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Japanese Celebration Melodies
Junnosuke Uehara, Washu Yoneya & Kisaburo Umeya
Matsuri bayashi, the celebratory festival music of Japanese prefectures, provides the core for this album, albeit reimagined for a contemporary...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China
Southwest China’s Yunnan province is home to the majority of the Hani people. Think of the terraced rice fields of...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Ögbelerim – Music for My Ancestors
Batsükh Dorj comes from a continuous but little known and recorded tradition of Tuvan music in the far north west...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
The Holy Mother – Madhuvanti Pal Plays the Rudra Veena
This album is a treat. It isn’t often you get the chance to hear new recordings of the rudra veena,...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
