Reviews

Zamaan Ya Sukkar: Exotic Love Songs and Instrumentals from the Egyptian 60s

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ghent-based record label and DJ collective Radio Martiko answered the prayers of rare record enthusiasts worldwide when they re-released Abdou...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Ta Ki Dum

Ta Ki Dum

Ta, ki and dum are three bol (mnemonic syllables) taken from the Indian technique of speaking rhythms that define the...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Al Mutamid de Sevilla

Salim Fergani

There are many excellent recordings of Arab-Andalusian music, including dozens on the label Pneuma, directed by the Spanish musicologist Eduardo...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Lorin

Mizgîn

With the Kurdish question still a festering sore in Turkish politics it's hard to discuss this album in purely musical...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Melodic Circles

Mehdi Rostami & Adib Rostami

The setar is one of Iran's most gorgeous instruments. Literally, the name means ‘three strings,’ but nowadays the Iranian setar...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Delâshena

Shadi Fathi & Bijan Chemirani

This is an exquisite duo. Bijan Chemirani should be well known to Middle Eastern music enthusiasts as one of the...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Öte

Ali Fuat Aydin & Cenk Güray

Turkish musicologists Ali Fuat Aydin and Cenk Güray continue their successful collaboration with this tribute to Ottoman composer Tanburi Cemil...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Salhi

Imed Alibi, Mounir Troudi & Michel Marre

Imed Alibi is a France-based Tunisian percussionist who likes to take risks. His 2015 debut, Safar, saw him playing alongside...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

One Sky

Rahim AlHaj Trio

After escaping the Iraq-Iran war in the 1990s, the oud (lute) player Rahim AlHaj moved to the US; Letters From...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Nuun

Albaitil Ashwai

Albaitil Ashwai's members, who include Qais Raja (vocals and guitar), Feras Arrabi (lead guitar) and Qased Ihsan (accordion), have collaborated...

Reviewed in issue July/2018