Reviews
UnVeiled
Sabina Rakcheyeva is a ferociously talented violinist from Azerbaijan. She studied at the Baku Academy of Music, at the Juilliard...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Ferahnak
Bekir Sahin Baloglu & Nurullah Kanik
With the continuing activity of reissues of archival recordings and the increased circulation of musicians from Turkey, a CD like...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
In the Footprints of Rumi
The Rumi Ensemble was founded by Javid Afsari Rad [pictured], member of the renowned percussion ensemble Zarbang. It consists of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Libertad (Freedom)
When I first heard her debut album, La Juderia, seven years ago, I was convinced that Yasmin Levy had the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Reflections of Palestine
One of the good news stories to come out of the despair of the first Intifada was how music guided...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Nino Biton
Nino Biton is not merely a retro student of the past masters of Andalusian music. The 59-year-old Jerusalemite oud (lute)...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
In the Shadow of the Song
The soft, mellow but plangent tone of the duduk is instantly recognisable and tugs at the heart strings. It has...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
So Bouzouk
On paper, the diverse musical elements that this album brings together – Kurdish traditional, flamenco and Parisian jazz – could...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Goblet of Eternal Light
Ali Akbar Moradi & Bahar Movahed
Ali Akbar Moradi is a master of the Kurdish tanbur (long-necked lute) and one of the great traditional musicians of...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2012
Jewish-Arab Song Treasures
Here’s another exemplary piece of music history from Buda Musique, its liner notes adorned with a weighty chunk of scholarship...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2012
