Reviews
Eternal Love
Simdi Ensemble & Michel Godard
This unusual album explores the tuneful Turkish Sufi song tradition with the aid of Michel Godard on tuba and serpent....
Reviewed in issue June/2016
As I Open My Eyes
Khyam Allami's last recording, with his band Alif, featured some of the most innovative oud sounds yet heard. His radical...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Route & Roots
Lebanese-born singer-songwriter Abaji is now based in France but draws his music from a wide range of sources, following his...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
The Road
I first came across Mamak Khadem when I reviewed her solo album Jostojoo in 2008. A couple of years later,...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Baladi Blues Reloaded Volume II
Remixes are like recipes: it may be possible to create something thrilling out of very little but it really helps...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Diyarbekiri Hokin: Armenian Songs from Dikranagerd
There have been a number of interesting releases to mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide in 2015. There was...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
If He Dies, If If If If If If
Not so much a group as a multi-media project, Jerusalem in My Heart consist of Lebanon-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Nostalgique Egypte
This is a charming glimpse into a vanished era of Egyptian music. The 30 years following the Cairo Conference of...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Komitas
The Gurdjieff Ensemble & Levon Eskenian
Komitas (1869-1935) will always remain one of music history's most tantalising mysteries. Born Soghomon Soghomonian in a Turkish village and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Our Earth and Water
Georgian polyphony is one of the great vocal traditions of the world. Complex harmonies, laced with dissonance, clash and resolve...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
