Reviews
Abu Kenda
Palestinian-American violinist Akram Abdulfattah returns with a first release since his 2022 EP From Here. Abu Kenda (Kenda's Father) is...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Trumpets of Michel-Ange
Long based in France, trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf was born in Lebanon and this is a tribute to his roots and...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Kanzafula
This album is more transnational than the subtitle (Afro Iraqi Sufi Music) suggests. The instruments used include a synthesiser, saxophone...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Erbil
The Syrian singer Omar Souleyman’s fifth studio album, Erbil, is filled with the celebration of life through music. Souleyman performs...
Reviewed in issue August/2024
Feyzullah Çinar Eserleri 1
If there’s any Turkish record label going to pay tribute to the Alevi-Bektaşi minstrel Feyzullah Çinar then it’s got to...
Reviewed in issue August/2024
Keyeyî
Ali Doğan Gönültaş is the rising star of Kurdish music in Turkey. This album is just him solo, his emotional...
Reviewed in issue August/2024
Golestan
Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble
‘Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area,’ Elana Sasson is a vocalist and saz player of Iranian and...
Reviewed in issue August/2024
The Handover
The Handover are a trio of Aly Eissa, Ayman Asfour and Jonas Cambien, their eponymous debut consisting of two epic...
Reviewed in issue August/2024
Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah
Ziad Rahbani is the son of Lebanese icon Fairuz and famed composer Assi Rahbani and a living legend in Lebanon,...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
