Reviews
Dedication
Palestine's first ever hip-hop group, DAM (meaning ‘It Lasted’ in Arabic) has finally reached Western shores with two of their...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
MwSOUL
Tunisian-born but now Brussels-based singer Ghalia Benali's rich and experimental career spans two decades and touches not only on music,...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Bilinmeyenle Karşılaşmak
It has been 17 years since Oğur and Demircioğlu's last album, Anadolu Beşık. The best-loved duo of Turkish folk have...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Kobane
A keening, reedy duduk (oboe) melody emerges out of the wind – a wind that blows free, unhindered across borders....
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Traces of Âşık
Ulaş Özdemir is a Turkish singer and saz (lute) player, who has appeared on several discs in Songlines over the...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
From Van to Yerevan
This album is the result of the meeting of two female exponents of a tradition known as the aşık (in...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Manushan
Manushan is named after a legendary mountain in Iran near the Caspian Sea where, according to folklore, nomadic Gypsies from...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Letters from Iraq
Rahim AlHaj learned to play the oud (lute) as a schoolboy in Iraq and went on to study under Munir...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
The Band Beyond Borders: Fertile Paradoxes
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
Untouched Folk Songs from the Balkans
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
