Reviews
Melodic Circles
The setar is one of Iran's most gorgeous instruments. Literally, the name means ‘three strings,’ but nowadays the Iranian setar...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Delâshena
This is an exquisite duo. Bijan Chemirani should be well known to Middle Eastern music enthusiasts as one of the...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Öte
Turkish musicologists Ali Fuat Aydin and Cenk Güray continue their successful collaboration with this tribute to Ottoman composer Tanburi Cemil...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Salhi
Imed Alibi, Mounir Troudi & Michel Marre
Imed Alibi is a France-based Tunisian percussionist who likes to take risks. His 2015 debut, Safar, saw him playing alongside...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
One Sky
After escaping the Iraq-Iran war in the 1990s, the oud (lute) player Rahim AlHaj moved to the US; Letters From...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Nuun
Albaitil Ashwai's members, who include Qais Raja (vocals and guitar), Feras Arrabi (lead guitar) and Qased Ihsan (accordion), have collaborated...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Yol
It's been 25 years since Kardeş Türküler first banded together at Istanbul's Bosphorus University. This ninth album, Yol (The Road),...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
The Bridge
Arash Moradi plays the tanbur – a saz-like long-necked lute that is played in Iranian Kurdistan. For many it is...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Three of Us
This is the second album released by The Secret Trio, the follow-up to Soundscapes in 2012. The New York-based band...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Ageless Garden
Mehmet Polat is from Urfa in Turkey, overlooking the Euphrates, so looking towards Syria and Iraq rather than Istanbul. He...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
