Reviews
Pomegranate Tiles
Dafarahn is an interesting pair of European musicians researching the art music of the Middle East. Francesco Iannuzzelli is an...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015
El Fill del Llop
Although Efrén López is Spanish-born, he mostly plays various types of Turkish saz and tanbur (long-necked lutes) as well as...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Music from Iraq
There's something reassuring about putting on a CD called Music from Iraq and it sounding just like that – music...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Adana
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin
Duduk player Vardan Hovanissian is clearly a master of the instrument and the soft plangent tones of the Armenian oboe...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Turning Back
It's not often that a Middle Eastern CD comes along for review that is jointly sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Revelation
One of the less comfortable truths for fans of Middle Eastern music in the West is that most CDs released...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
Dawâr: The Universal Rhythm
Trio Chemirani are an impressive percussive force, comprising Djamchid Chemirani and his sons Keyvan and Bijan. Although they are based...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
Éperdument… Chants d’Amour Persans
Trained to recite the Qur’an as he was being brought up, Alireza Ghorbani developed his vocal abilities at a young...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
El Mutakallimûn
At a time when a handful of extremists are committing unspeakable atrocities in a perverted jihadist interpretation of Islam, Souad...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
Wasla
Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El-Din
Looking back over the last 20 years, it's amazing how the oud has risen from rank-and-file member of the takht...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
