Reviews

Morîk

Danûk

This is a fascinating debut album from a group of exiled Middle Eastern musicians, mostly Kurdish, who are now based...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Wa Maret El Ayam /Hakam Aleena El Hawa

Oum Kalthoum

The cultural legacy Oum Kalthoum holds in Egypt and the wider Arab world is impossible to overstate. Beloved by heads...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Jarak Qaribak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood

This is more than just a meeting of two rock stars – one the lead guitarist of Radiohead, the other...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Thank You for Bringing Me Back to the Sky

The Oldest Voice in the World (Azerbaijan)

The music we call global should thank the heavens, really, for the Grammy-winning producer and field recordist Ian Brennan, who...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Sufi Trance of the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus

Ensemble Al-Kindi & Sheikh Hamed Daoud

This album from the formidable Ensemble Al-Kindi is their first release since the untimely death of their founder Julien Jâlal...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Le Cri du Caire

Le Cri du Caire

This trans-continental collaboration has had a lengthy gestation. It began with a 2013 performance by Egyptian singer and poet Abdullah...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Savor

Sarah Aroeste

Music and food go well together. So much so that singer Sarah Aroeste and chef Susan Barocas decided to join...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Free Music (Part One)

The Free Music

Free Music (Part One) compiles the third and fourth albums (the only ones released on vinyl) of the Libyan, mid-70s,...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Aşk

Altın Gün

Psychedelic Anatolian folk-rock band Altın Gün return to traditional sources for their latest album while still managing to produce something...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

On Our Way

Light in Babylon

Based in Istanbul and led by the powerful singer, percussionist and composer Michal Elia Kamal (born in Israel to Iranian...

Reviewed in issue May/2023