Reviews
Last Breaths from Aleppo
One of the side effects of the Syrian civil war has been its threat to the rich Sufi musical tradition...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
En Kötü Iyi Olur
Turkish trio Lalalar are a pretty convincing example of how oppression can cause unruly bursts of refusenik artistic expression. The...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Moonshine
Initially a pioneer in electronic dance music with a specific Egyptian flavour, culminating in a perfect synthesis with shaabi and...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Jinê
Saîdê Goyî is a Turkish Kurdish musician and a dengbêj, or minstrel. He’s certainly got a strong and striking voice....
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Eyoun el Alb
Born in 1938 in Cairo, Nagat El-Saghira made her first public performance at the age of seven – her diminutive...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Tuz (Salt)
Cengiz Özkan's eighth album for Kalan, Tuz (Salt), is a lovely collection of ten Turkish folk songs. The album is...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Marzipan
Habibi Funk continues to deliver on its promise of rare, sometimes vintage, always interesting gems from the Arab world. The...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
As Much as It Takes
This is the second album in 2023 released by Palestinian composer and piano virtuoso Faraj Suleiman. Yet, whereas Upright Biano...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Nos Habet Caramel
Cairo-based DJ, producer and multidisciplinary artist Fajr Soliman mixes electro-pop and mahraganat (a blend of Egyptian folk and shaabi music,...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Lettres Ouverts Aux…
This is the 25th anniversary of both Lounès Matoub's assassination and the original release of this, his final album, and...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
