Reviews
Null
Null is an ‘electro Persian album inspired by electronic music, Persian traditional music and poetry’, as Toronto-based setar (lute) player...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
The Very Best of Jewish-Arab Song Treasures
An excellent collection of 15 tracks representing the most important names from the tradition of 20th-century Jewish North African popular...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Taqâsîm
In an ideal world an oud (lute) player should be able to release an album safe in the knowledge that...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Radio Bagdad
Musical fusions are capricious beasts: there is no foolproof recipe for success, however interesting the idea behind them or talented...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Armenian Spirit
One has to admire Jordi Savall, now bravely continuing the campaign he and his wife, the singer Montserrat Figueras, had...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Esfahan
Faraz Entessari & Fabio Tricomi
This new album of Iranian classical music features Faraz Entessari on tar (long-necked lute), accompanied by Fabio Tricomi on various...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
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
