You can understand the youngest of the three Joubran brothers wanting to branch out and record his own album. Le...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Karim Baggili is a Belgian-born composer, guitarist and oud (Arab lute) player of Jordanian/Yugoslavian heritage, which means that he has...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
What exactly does Arabic Café mean? The liner notes to this CD explain that, in contrast to the clinical coffeehouse...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
One of the most interesting untold stories (outside Iran) of music after the 1979 revolution is the emergence of an...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Driss El Maloumi’s previous solo album L’Âme Dansée showed him to be one of the most promising oud (lute) players...
Reviewed in issue March/2014
Just how many jazz oud recordings does the world really need? While there certainly is a shared tradition of improvisation...
Reviewed in issue March/2014
This collaboration between the Anglo-Middle Eastern singer and Egyptian composer and multi-instrumentalist Samy Bishai emerged from a stage collaboration with...
Reviewed in issue March/2014
Ahmad al Khatib’s 2012 album Sabîl was one of the most exciting oud (Arab lute) recordings in recent years. His...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
This is a cross¬section of the legacy of Egyptian singer Abd Al-Hayy Hilmi, whose final years of life coincided with...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Oriental Blues has a slightly curious concept, but one that the liner notes of this CD go to some lengths...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
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