Singer Nadin Al Khalidi saw a selfie of a Yazidi couple in northern Iraq that they had posted on social...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Mahsa Vahdat is one of few female singers living in Iran to record regularly outside the country, largely through the...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
The musical influences of Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Iran and many other places can be heard in this intelligent collaboration from...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
David Broza & The Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon
The most striking thing about this release is that it celebrates the often-overlooked Sephardic Jewish tradition of music that has...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Simdi Ensemble & Michel Godard
This unusual album explores the tuneful Turkish Sufi song tradition with the aid of Michel Godard on tuba and serpent....
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Khyam Allami's last recording, with his band Alif, featured some of the most innovative oud sounds yet heard. His radical...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Lebanese-born singer-songwriter Abaji is now based in France but draws his music from a wide range of sources, following his...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
I first came across Mamak Khadem when I reviewed her solo album Jostojoo in 2008. A couple of years later,...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Remixes are like recipes: it may be possible to create something thrilling out of very little but it really helps...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
There have been a number of interesting releases to mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide in 2015. There was...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
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