Reviews

Eternal Life No End

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland

The debut album from Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Frédéric D. Oberland is far from the duo’s first encounter. Their paths...

Reviewed in issue June/2026

Syrr

Maryam Saleh

It’s been more than eight years since Maryam Saleh’s last album. A stalwart of the Egyptian alternative scene, many believed...

Reviewed in issue June/2026

Tales of Nar

Keyvan Chemirani

Known for his involvement in the long-running Chemirani Ensemble – a Persian classical group founded alongside his father and siblings...

Reviewed in issue June/2026

L’Odyssée de Noūr

Lakhdar Hanou Ensemble

Lakhdar Hanou is a French-Algerian oud player and composer, leading his regular ensemble, which also includes flamenco guitar and Chinese...

Reviewed in issue June/2026

Garip

Altın Gün

Like the group’s previous albums, On (Ten), Gece (Night), Yol (Road), Âlem (Universe) and Aşk (Love) – Garip (Strange) sports...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Al Wahem

PRAED

PRAED is an amalgamation of Raed Yassin (electronics, vocals) and Paed Conca (clarinets, bass, samples), from Lebanon and Switzerland respectively,...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Oud for Palestine

Saied Silbak

Saied Silbak is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of London’s leading oud players and composers. His extensive musical vocabulary...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Middle Eastern Dub

Morego

Under the alter ego Morego, Iranian musician and producer Mohamadreza Govahi has released a number of psychedelic-leaning ambient albums over...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Callings of the Owed

Mi3raj

Emerging from Cairo’s experimental underground, Mi3raj is a duo comprising poet/vocalist Mohamed Tarek Moussa and producer/muti-instrumentalist Abdelrahman Shaat. Their hypnotically...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

SafarNameh

Ziya Tabassian

Ziya Tabassian is an Iranian-born percussionist based in Canada. His main instrument is the tombak, the Persian goblet-shaped drum on...

Reviewed in issue April/2026