Reviews
Maslak Halay1
The whole sound of Ayyuka is summed up in the title of their fifth album; halay, aficionados of Turkish and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Live at the Sydney Opera House
The oud is normally rather a modest instrument, so an oud concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Hedûr: Solace of Time
If you have seen Aynur in Crossing the Bridge, the successful 2005 documentary by Fatih Akin about music in Istanbul,...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Rhythms of Tof Miriam
If, like me, you have a reptile-brain suspicion of recordings that bring together New Age sensibilities with world drums and...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Migrant Birds
Hasan and Rami Nakhleh are two brothers who live in a village in the Golan Heights, the plateau that was...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower
The oud player and composer Joseph Tawadros has worked tirelessly over the last decade to move his instrument into new...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Wired and Layered
Sinan Cem Eroğlu is considered somewhat of a veteran – despite only being in his 30s – with several albums...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
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Uzelli Elektro Saz (1976-1984)
Following on the heels of its Psychedelic Anadolu selection from 2017, legendary Turkish label Uzelli has come out with a...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Oud Classics from Armenia, the Balkans & Middle East
If you are someone who is slightly unsure about Middle Eastern music but would like to dip your toe into...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Songs of Exile Vol 1-3
The Naghash Ensemble take their name from Mkrtich Naghash, a 15th-century Armenian poet, priest and painter. Living in the Armenian...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
