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Review of Ashofak Baden

Ashofak Baden

Tarabband

Kap Syd

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of The Sun Will Rise (A Cappella)

The Sun Will Rise (A Cappella)

Mahsa Vahdat

Top of the World

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Offlines Project

Offlines Project

Yinon Muallem & Guy Mintus

Ahenk Müzik

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Andalusian Love Song

Andalusian Love Song

David Broza & The Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon

Magenta

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Eternal Love

Eternal Love

Simdi Ensemble & Michel Godard

Dreyer Gaido Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of As I Open My Eyes

As I Open My Eyes

Khyam Allami

Nawa Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Route & Roots

Route & Roots

Abaji

Absilone/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of The Road

The Road

Mamak Khadem

Top of the World

Innova

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Baladi Blues Reloaded Volume II

Baladi Blues Reloaded Volume II

Guy Schalom

Ethnomusic Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Diyarbekiri Hokin: Armenian Songs from Dikranagerd

Diyarbekiri Hokin: Armenian Songs from Dikranagerd

Ara Dinkjian

Krikor Music

Rating: ★★★

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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