Reviews
Rahawan
Born in Nazareth and resident in Haifa where she practises as an architect, the 30-year-old Zaatry is also a singer-songwriter...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Bi Cinnete Bakar
While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on 70s Anatolian psych through international acts...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Abandoned
Abandoned is a cross-section from Iran’s vibrant and impressively imaginative ‘alternative’ music scene. ‘Bayāt-E-Fārsi’ by Bamdad Afshar is an example...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Homage to Nazım Hikmet
Tülay German & François Rabbath
Poet, playwright and novelist Nazım Hikmet has cast a huge shadow over Turkish culture for a century. A pioneer of...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Houdou Nisbi
Drum roll, please – and a sinewy horn line and psychedelic Moog squiggle – for the vinyl release of this...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Şatellites
Şatellites are a brilliant Tel Aviv Turkish-psych cover band – but they’re also much more than that. Some of their...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Finding Home
Born in Damascus but now based in the UK, Youssef has set out to explore and expand the range of...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Albat Alawi Op 99
Eyal El Wahab, the young music maker behind El Khat, is a true original. Many of his homemade instruments are...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
The SLAM! Years (1983-88)
Born in Libya but long based in Egypt, Hamid El Shaeri is a superstar of popular Arabic music. This album...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
Akustik
Sinan Cem Eroglu & Muhlis Berberoglu | Sinan Cem Eroğlu
This is the fourth solo album from the Hamburg-based Turkish multi-instrumentalist and member of the band Niyaz. It brings together...
Reviewed in issue May/2022
