Reviews
Peripheries of Nahavand
Salek is a Tehran-born, Canada-based ensemble leader and tar player versed in the mores of Iran’s dastgāh system of music,...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
In Between
Following her 2024 album with Golestan Ensemble, singer/composer Elana Sasson further explores her Persian and Kurdish heritage on this ambitious...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Doğu Ekspresi
The border town of Kars in the far north-east of Turkey holds a special allure in the Turkish imagination. The...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Yarın Yoksa
Fans of groove-laden psyche will love this offering from these boundary-defying purveyors of vintage-style Anatolian soul. The silky vocals of...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Amane
The Moroccan-French three-piece here deliver a well-crafted desert blues collection with strong 70s and 80s rock influences. The group work...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Aylar
In the last few years, a plethora of young bands have arisen with a mission to valorise and recreate the...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Music from the East
Ammar El Sherei (AKA Omar El Shariyi), born in Upper Egypt in 1948, was considered a pioneer in the 1970s...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Abdallar’a Kalan / The Heritage of the Abdals
This special project, brought out by Turkey’s Kalan after three years of preparation, collects new recordings of 46 Abdal folk...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Temple of Hope
How can a sense of beauty be found amid fear and cruelty? Saba Alizadeh, on his third album now, continues...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
