Reviews
The Bird of a Thousand Voices
Tigran Hamasyan & the Yerevan State Chamber Choir | Tigran Hamasyan
Pianist and composer Hamasyan certainly has his admirers and his album Luys i Luso with the Yerevan State Chamber Choir...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Safa
Palestinian oud virtuoso Nizar Rohana returns with his third album Safa, which is a completely solo effort. While Rohana is...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Butterfly: Colors of Armenian Duduk
Butterfly is the debut album by Canadian/Armenian duduk player Sar Kamler, who came to the instrument surprisingly late in adulthood,...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
İstanbul Sokakları
Hailed as ‘legendary’ this Istanbul-based four piece has been creating music best described as psychedelic for almost 30 years and...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Echoes of the Unseen
In a journey from dawn until the close of night, rabab player Qais Essar’s musical day trip is traditional Afghan...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Abu Kenda
Palestinian-American violinist Akram Abdulfattah returns with a first release since his 2022 EP From Here. Abu Kenda (Kenda's Father) is...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Trumpets of Michel-Ange
Long based in France, trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf was born in Lebanon and this is a tribute to his roots and...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Kanzafula
This album is more transnational than the subtitle (Afro Iraqi Sufi Music) suggests. The instruments used include a synthesiser, saxophone...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Erbil
The Syrian singer Omar Souleyman’s fifth studio album, Erbil, is filled with the celebration of life through music. Souleyman performs...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
