Reviews
Divine Liturgy
The Armenian composer Gomidas (1869-1935), usually transliterated as Komitas, is considered the father of Armenian music. While the conservatoire in...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Rangarang: Pre– Revolutionary Iranian Pop
Travelling amongst Balkan musicians I would often ask what their influences were. More often than not, at the top of...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Bet
Bet is the second offering from Jerusalem-based world music fusion band AndraLaMoussia. Both the album title and the band name...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Bir
Zeybek music and dance, popular on both sides of the Aegean (as zeibekiko in Greece), have connections with both the...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
I Will Not Stand Alone
Kayhan Kalhor & Ali Bahrami Fard
Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor is one of the world's most sublime musicians. If he's not a better-known name, it's...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
A Window to Color
Mamak Khadem has been woefully neglected by UK world music promoters and producers. She started her performing career as lead...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Turkey: The Ceremony of the Konya Dervishes
Konya Whirling Dervishes Ensemble
The ritual of the so-called whirling dervishes is the best-known Sufi ceremony in Turkey. During the sema, the dervishes, dressed...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
Comparisons with Fats Domino or Elvis Presley don’t really do justice to the impact of Erkin Koray on Turkish music....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
Golden Beirut: New Sounds From Lebanon
Two years ago, I spent a week in Beirut lecturing to journal¬ism students. In the evenings, after classes were done,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
Maqaam d’Amour
Aïcha Redouane, originally of Moroccan descent, has become a house¬hold name in the performance of music from the eastern part...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
