Reviews
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
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
