ZATOCZKA (Fat Rain/Trailblazer) 9/10 There’s a particular melancholy that can hang in the air like mist; that you feel entering through your pores more than your ears; a soft, communal sadness that speaks of the ages. You hear it when contralto Deborah Kayser sings Keep Safe and Warm (from Roman…
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DELHI TO DAMASCUS (In a Circle) 9/10 Cellist Yo-Yo Ma calls tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das “a creator myths”, and this album offers eight more such myths. Das’s guru told him that to become a great tabla player he firstly had to make his hands like swords, then like streams and…