Mahsa Vahdat is one of the most courageous and enterprising of contemporary Iranian singers. Courageous bec ause despite restrictions on...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Mozafar Shafii & the Râast Ensemble
Iranian singer Mozafar Shafii was an early student of the well-known Mohammed Reza Shajarian. So Shafii is senior to the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Dastan Ensemble with Hamid Motebassem & Salar Aghili
As one of the most innovative and prolific contemporary Iranian classical music ensembles to emerge since the early 90s, Dastan...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
The spiritual but contagious excite¬ment that we have come to associate with Iranian classical music is abundantly present on this...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Natacha Atlas’ last album Ana Hina [reviewed in #52] was an extremely well judged step away from the Middle Eastern...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
One of many surprisingly delightful Middle Eastern releases of the last two years was Honest Jon’s compilation of remastered Iraqi...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Mohsen Namjoo has created quite a buzz in Iran in recent years, initially as a singer-songwriter pushing the boundaries and...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
The world outside of Iran has been comparatively late in coming to recognise Ali Reza Ghorbani as part of the...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
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