Reviews
Bamako
Hailing from Budapest but now resident in Canada, Lukacs grew up with Hungarian Jewish folk music and trained on the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
Ghazals and Thumris: From the Musical Heart of Budapest
Pratibha Singh Baghel, Kavya Limaye, Deepak Pandit, The Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Ghazal and thumri are wonderful poetic sung genres from northern South Asia, emerging out of 19th-century courtesan and Muslim traditions...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2023
On Our Way
Based in Istanbul and led by the powerful singer, percussionist and composer Michal Elia Kamal (born in Israel to Iranian...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: May/2023
Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
The Battle of the Hotels was a vicious conflict that took place in Beirut at the beginning of the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Love in Exile
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
This extraordinary collaboration can broadly be described as Sufi electronica, but it transcends musical genres. Arooj Aftab is a grammy-award...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2023
Yalla Miku
Bongo Joe is a Geneva-based record label, music shop, café-bar, mission statement and musical philosophy. The new project Yalla Miku...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2023
Künh
Hailing from Istanbul, composer and musician Nağme Yarkın is a player of the klasik kemençe – the three-stringed bowed lyre...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Selonding, Vol 3
Among the myriad styles of gamelan music found (mostly) in Bali and Java, selonding is an ancient, sacred form dating...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2023
Direct-to-Disc Sessions
Islandman feat Okay Temiz and Muhlis Berberoğlu
As well as being a pioneer of Turkish folk-jazz who played with Don Cherry, percussionist Okay Temiz is revered for...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Asro
Kala Jula and the Gangbé Brass Band have each had their own albums issued by Buda Musique, and now they’re...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2023
