Reviews
Essentials
We often associate Iranian music with long, melancholy pieces. But Persian culture is rich in folkloric music as well, rooted...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Monajat
Galeet Dardashti & Younes Dardashti
Galeet Dardashti is the US-based granddaughter of Younes Dardashti, a pre-revolutionary master singer of Persian classical music, who performed at...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Zartir
The Gurdjieff Ensemble | The Gurdjieff Ensemble & Levon Eskenian
George Gurdjieff (c 1867-1949) was a philosopher, mystic and composer, whose music is generally known through the transcriptions of the...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
A Memento of Istanbul
A Memento of Istanbul is an excellent solo oud album by top Iranian player Saeed Nayeb Mohammadi. It’s the opening...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Kiği
Although he now lives in the Istanbul district of Gazi Mahallesi, an area popular with Alevi Kurds, Kiği is the...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Metgharabiin (Outsiders)
Ramy Essam is known for his appearances on Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, regularly in front of...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
Embodied Poetry
The prolific Mehmet Polat presents another album of Turkish ud jazz with inflections of other traditions. Similar to his previous...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
To Those Who Came Before Us
In recent years, this prolific Egyptian/Australian oud player and composer has received well-deserved acclaim for his instrumental virtuosity, as well...
Reviewed in issue November/2023
