World Listening Post publishes album reviews that showcase music from around the globe. The site encompasses a wide range of contemporary and traditional music styles and encourages readers and listeners to go beyond their own comfort zones by crossing national and linguistic frontiers. You can access reviews, starting with the most recent, by scrolling down the left-hand column of this page; with the index (alphabetical by artist); or by country and language in the right-hand column.
Payadora Tango Ensemble: Silent Tears – The Last Yiddish Tango

Payadora Tango Ensemble: Silent Tears – The Last Yiddish Tango

Unbursting the Bubble Listening Post 371. Art that evokes the Holocaust works best not when it shocks but when it enlightens. The melancholy music of Silent Tears may sound familiar—and its setting might be recognizable if the stage hadn’t gone dark in 1939. In the...

Sutari: Siostry Rzeki / River Sisters

Sutari: Siostry Rzeki / River Sisters

Nature’s Live Streaming Listening Post 292. Air, time, energy, life, blood, words, water: They all flow and they all play roles in the trances, mysteries, ancient rituals, sharp insights, drama and delight of Siostry Rzeki (River Sisters), the third album by the...

Urna and Kroke: Ser

Urna and Kroke: Ser

Grass, Memory and Song Listening Post 196. The grasslands of China’s Inner Mongolia region are far from any ocean, but Urna Chahar-Tugchi observes that her home turf is often called the “Sea of Songs”—a fitting metaphor for a rich musical culture and for Urna’s...

Karolina Cicha & Bart Pałyga: Tatar Album

Karolina Cicha & Bart Pałyga: Tatar Album

Back to the Sources Listening Post 127. Poland’s first Muslim residents came by invitation when medieval rulers saw wisdom in welcoming Tatars, known for their military skills. A thriving community took root and there were Tatar units in the Polish army as late as...

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