Reviews

Free Music (Part One)

The Free Music

Free Music (Part One) compiles the third and fourth albums (the only ones released on vinyl) of the Libyan, mid-70s,...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Aşk

Altın Gün

Psychedelic Anatolian folk-rock band Altın Gün return to traditional sources for their latest album while still managing to produce something...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

On Our Way

Light in Babylon

Based in Istanbul and led by the powerful singer, percussionist and composer Michal Elia Kamal (born in Israel to Iranian...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels

Mayssa Jallad

The Battle of the Hotels was a vicious conflict that took place in Beirut at the beginning of the Lebanese...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Künh

Nağme Yarkın

Hailing from Istanbul, composer and musician Nağme Yarkın is a player of the klasik kemençe – the three-stringed bowed lyre...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Direct-to-Disc Sessions

Islandman feat Okay Temiz and Muhlis Berberoğlu

As well as being a pioneer of Turkish folk-jazz who played with Don Cherry, percussionist Okay Temiz is revered for...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

New Sound of the Middle East

Hagai Bilitzky

The album title certainly makes a brave claim, but in many ways the music lives up to it, for Hagai...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Nara

Senem Diyici

Senem Diyici has a long career making music, having started recording her songs in 1969, before going on to develop...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Saat Arahman

Mor Karbasi

Mor Karbasi was born to a family of Moroccan, Sephardic and Iranian roots. And her musical career has been an...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Elesa

Mze Shina

A quintet of American, Peruvian, French and Iranian origin, based in Rennes, Brittany, is a pretty odd collective of musicians...

Reviewed in issue April/2023