Reviews
Scattered Memories
Born in Tehran in 1983, Saba Alizadeh is a virtuoso of the Iranian kamancheh (spike fiddle). With an extensive background...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
Ayn Trio
Palestinian oud and buzuq player and composer Basel Zayed brings together fellow Palestinian Layth Sidiq on violin and Iraqi/Jordanian cellist...
Reviewed in issue April/2019
Karin
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin
Armenian duduk (oboe) player Vardan Hovanissian and Belgian-Turkish singer and saz (lute) player Emre Gültekin recorded the beautiful album Adana...
Reviewed in issue March/2019
Sounds of Mirrors
Born into a long line of muezzins (men who call Muslims to prayer), Dhafer Youssef discovered his own melodic voice...
Reviewed in issue March/2019
Le Cri du Cyclope
French-Lebanese percussionist Wassim Halal was originally trained in Lebanese dabke music. His first album, Revolutionary Birds, with Mounir Troudi and...
Reviewed in issue March/2019
The Long March
Le Trio Joubran have been musical flag-bearers for the Palestinian people for more than a decade. For The Long March,...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir
Gaye Su Akyol delivered a superb set at this year's WOMAD that focused strongly on the new songs that populate...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Daqa'iq Tudaiq
Away from his work with various North American alt-rock bands such as Suuns and BIG|BRAVE, the Canadian-based composer/producer Radwan Ghazi...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Ejdeha
Gordon Grdina is a guitarist and oud (lute) player with one foot in Vancouver and another in New York. Originally...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
