Reviews
Turning Back
It's not often that a Middle Eastern CD comes along for review that is jointly sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Revelation
One of the less comfortable truths for fans of Middle Eastern music in the West is that most CDs released...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
Dawâr: The Universal Rhythm
Trio Chemirani are an impressive percussive force, comprising Djamchid Chemirani and his sons Keyvan and Bijan. Although they are based...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
Éperdument… Chants d’Amour Persans
Trained to recite the Qur’an as he was being brought up, Alireza Ghorbani developed his vocal abilities at a young...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
El Mutakallimûn
At a time when a handful of extremists are committing unspeakable atrocities in a perverted jihadist interpretation of Islam, Souad...
Reviewed in issue June/2015
Wasla
Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El-Din
Looking back over the last 20 years, it's amazing how the oud has risen from rank-and-file member of the takht...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
The Sacred Lute
Nour Ali Elahi (1895-1975) deserves to be much better known than he is. The fact that he has just been...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Inn of Love
There seems to be a growing fashion for young female singers of Turkish origin to be accompanied by European jazz...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Aman! Sefarad…
Sephardic music – the songs of Spanish Jews exiled in 1492 – has been popular in the early music scene...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Codex
Life can be tough as a percussionist, particularly if you’re a solo artist. Live performance is one thing, but getting...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
