Reviews
I Vine Speil (In the Mirror of Wine)
Mahsa Vahdat is one of the most courageous and enterprising of contemporary Iranian singers. Courageous bec ause despite restrictions on...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Mozafar Shafii & the Râst Ensemble
Mozafar Shafii & the Râast Ensemble
Iranian singer Mozafar Shafii was an early student of the well-known Mohammed Reza Shajarian. So Shafii is senior to the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
In the Name of the Rose
Dastan Ensemble with Hamid Motebassem & Salar Aghili
As one of the most innovative and prolific contemporary Iranian classical music ensembles to emerge since the early 90s, Dastan...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Nedaye Asemani
The spiritual but contagious excite¬ment that we have come to associate with Iranian classical music is abundantly present on this...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Mounqaliba
Natacha Atlas’ last album Ana Hina [reviewed in #52] was an extremely well judged step away from the Middle Eastern...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings from Istanbul
One of many surprisingly delightful Middle Eastern releases of the last two years was Honest Jon’s compilation of remastered Iraqi...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Oy
Mohsen Namjoo has created quite a buzz in Iran in recent years, initially as a singer-songwriter pushing the boundaries and...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Songs of Rebirth: Tribute to Rumi
The world outside of Iran has been comparatively late in coming to recognise Ali Reza Ghorbani as part of the...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Love Songs and Dance Music from Loristan
Heshmatollah Rajabzadeh, Nezam Rajabzadeh, The Aftab Group
Recordings of Iranian regional music released outside Iran have become rather sparse in recent years, so this new album by...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
