Reviews
The Series of Music for Young Adults: Iranian Folk Songs
Originally released in 1976 by Iran's Centre for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults as part of a...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Amrat
There is something about discovering one's native tongue after a brief fling abroad with a foreign language. Whether out of...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Songs of Horaman
It’s hard to believe Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian was only 17 when he recorded this debut album in 2019. For sure,...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
MusicAlly
If you can get past the absolutely dreadful title, this album does contain some nice moments. Ertuğrul Erhan, on violin,...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
Anadolu Ejderi
Whereas earlier albums had more to do with retro-futurism, on Anadolu Ejderi (Anatolian Dragons) past and present collide beguilingly as...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Mohamed Abdel Wahab was a titanic figure within Middle Eastern music. Composing for legends such as Egyptian singers Oum Kalthoum,...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Aligned
Itzhak Ventura is a ney specialist, mastering the Persian, Arabic and Turkish variants of this end-blown reed flute. He also...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Fragments
American multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat has undergone a journey of discovery to reconnect with his Iraqi-Jewish roots through the medium...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
DOST 2
Derya Yıldırım's vocal style may not be to everyone's taste. Compared to Anatolian pop living-legend Selda Bağcan, with whom Yıldırım...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
