Reviews
Music of Georges I Gurdjieff
The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
This is a fabulous collection of Armenian and Middle Eastern folk music with a fascinating story behind it. The tunes...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Arco Iris
Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui made a memorable recording of Arab-Andalus songs called Alcantara in the early days of Songlines –...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
Mugham
When a man's voice overflows with passion, and when you're told that he's singing ancient Persian poems, you want to...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
Öptüm
Sezen Aksu is routinely hailed as the ‘Queen of Turkish Pop’. But it's a tag that grossly underplays her talent...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
From the Kasbah/Tunis to Tahrir Square/Cairo & Back
It was, so they say, a very musical revolution. How could it have been anything else? Even under the most...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Awda
The oud player Adel Salameh has been carving out a name for himself around the world since he left his...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Resonance/Dissonance
A solo oud recording is an ambitious undertaking for any player. Even if you can hold your listeners’ attention for...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Heyma
Abir Nasraoui is a radio presenter, author and singer from Tunisia, based in Paris. Her mantelpiece groans under the weight...
Reviewed in issue June/2011
