American multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat has undergone a journey of discovery to reconnect with his Iraqi-Jewish roots through the medium...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Derya Yıldırım's vocal style may not be to everyone's taste. Compared to Anatolian pop living-legend Selda Bağcan, with whom Yıldırım...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
A Thousand Butterflies resembles a sonic personal essay, narrating both the musical adventures of the composer through her life. Aftab...
Reviewed in issue November/2022
Born in the largely Algerian neighbourhood of Barbès in Paris, the quintet Al-Qasar mixes hypnotic North African trance grooves and...
Reviewed in issue November/2022
Turkish singer Elif Sanchez’s 2021 debut featured jazzy settings of Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs, with one song in Spanish...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
As a key member of Egypt’s rich independent music scene, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and composer Nancy Mounir is well-attuned to her...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Opener ‘Leyli’s Garden’, heralded by a breathy flourish on the ney, is a personal and heartfelt homage to Vahdat’s late...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
Lamia Yared | Lamia Yared & Invités
On her second album Lebanese-born singer Lamia Yared develops her research into the culture of Sephardis; Jewish populations who were...
Reviewed in issue October/2022
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