Reviews
The Alaev Family & Tamir Muskat
The Alaev Family are something of a discovery. Originally from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, this Central Asian Jewish family...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Kurdish Alevi Laments
This is a tough listen, like eavesdropping on private, tragic moments in the life of a family. It's made even...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Çocuk Hakli
Founded in 1993 within Bosphorus University, Kardes Türküler are one of the flagships of Turkish folk. 2008 saw the publication...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Days Distinctive
It may be coincidence, or an emerging anthropological trend, but this is the third CD to have been released in...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
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
