Music reviews: Maximo Park, A Moving Sound, Tangents and more
March 12, 2021 â 4.00pm
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Credit:Magdalena Frackowiak.
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Music that evolved from the Silk Road trade route, with its caravans, markets, celebrations and taverns, could be a genre in itself. This Taipei-based band reinterprets Taiwanâs history of migration from across Chinaâs diverse regions, producing an epic cavalcade of Silk Road music history combined with edgy contemporary musicianship. Interweaving moments that sound Mongolian, Arabic, Turkic, Greek, Persian, Indian and even Celtic, the band is fronted by revelatory vocalist Mia Hsieh, who studied with avant-garde legend Meredith Monk. The erhu (two-string fiddle) and zhongruan (four-sting lute) feature alongside guitar, bass and percussion. Hsiehâs voice moves seamlessly from ecstatic and terrifying howls and freewheeling vocal contortions on