When guest Kaushiki Chakraborty launches into a three-and-a-half octave taan, the rapid virtuoso hallmark of her mesmeric Hindustani vocals, listeners...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Muammer Ketencoglu & Balkan Journey
Anyone who is into Balkan music – tricksy rhythms, wild sax and accordion playing – is going to enjoy this....
Reviewed in issue July/2017
I'm used to the word sebil in Turkish meaning ‘Fountain’, but in Arabic it means also ‘Road’ or ‘Way’: both...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
The reign of the wax cylinder was very short – a mere 20 years around the turn of the last...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
The strange couple at the heart of this recording is that of Hacıoğlu's silky tenor singing voice, and the divan...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
A surprising collection of field recordings and re-arrangements of traditional pieces, Sounds of the East follows on from Beronja's Sounds...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Many of Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat's projects have been reviewed in Songlines. I came across the honeyed melancholy of her...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
The brainchild of Melbourne-based musicians Murat Yucel and Alisha Brooks (of Unified Gecko and Baro Banda), Bashka's debut album features...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Honed on the streets of Istanbul, the message of Light in Babylon comes out loud and clear, across time and...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
This is a result of ten young Iranian female singers having gone to record in Norway. Women singers performing in...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
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