Reviews
Variations for Piano and Sitar
Andrew Goldberg & Ricky Romain
Sitarist Ricky Romain has long been a stalwart of the South Asian music scene in the UK, working with musicians...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985
While reggae music has long had a reverent fanbase in Japan, the country’s musicians have generally shied away from attempting...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Approach to Anima
Basically a trio, the self-proclaimed ‘ragtag collective’ of maya ongaku is based in the Ace General Store on their local...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Live at Café Oto
OKI is the tonkori-wielding bard famed for bringing the endangered music of the Ainu people of Hokkaido, one of Japan’s...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Upopo Sanke
This posthumous release was recorded in 2003, on a farm in the Tokachi district of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
The Water Garden
Okinawa-born Kojun Kokuba’s The Water Garden was first released in 1993, and proved immensely popular, hence this vinyl reissue, complete...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Hot Pot Totto
WaqWaq Kingdom’s album Hot Pot Totto is a joyous and defiant response to ecological anxiety. The album is a brew...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Ongaku Zukan
Sadly, Sakamoto left this mortal coil in March 2023: re-releasing this 1984 album, originally recorded as the Yellow Magic Orchestra...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Chapter I: Forever, For Now
Anoushka Shankar’s last significant release, Love Letters, released in 2020 on Mercury Classics, was a very personal collection of songs...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Travellers
Jason Singh & The Banwasi Collective
UK-based composer and sound artist Jason Singh is known for his innovative work making music out of the sounds of...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
