Press
“Truly Inspired… a terrific debut” – John Clewley / Bangkok Post (Dec 6, 2022)
“An excellent album” – Mario Batelic / Globaluna Radio (Slovenia) (Dec 2022)
One of the Best Albums of 2022 – Scott Stevens / Spin the Globa Radio
One of the Best Albums of 2022 – Mundofonias Radio
One of the Best Albums of 2022 – Global Revolutions / WORT Radio (Jan 2, 2023)
One of the Best CDs of 2022 – George Figgs / Musica Mundi / KGNU Radio
One of the Best New Releases – CBC’s Frequencies
One of the Best CDs of 2022 – Jeff Spitzer Resnick / Hejira Radio (Dec 29, 2022)
“Superb” – Kutay Kugay / Music of the World Istanbul (Turkey) (Dec 30, 2022)
“Beautiful” – La Scena Magazine (Nov 2021)
15 minute feature on Radio Proglas (Czech Public Radio) – with Milan Tesar (Dec 29, 2022)
17 minute feature on RTP (Portuguese Public Radio) (Feb 24, 2023)
1 hour feature on Concertzender’s “Orient Express” (Netherlands) (Dec 23, 2022)
12-minute feature on Tiki Lounge with Seth Jordan, heard on 50+ stations across Australia (Dec 18, 2022)
Feature on Ultrasonicos with Enrique Helguera on RTVA (Spanish National Public Radio) (Dec 19, 2022)
Best New Releases, January 2023 on NPR’s “Global Village” with Chris Heim (Jan 6, 2023)
Feature on PBS-FM Australia’s Global Village with Roger Holdsworth (Dec 6, 2022)
Feature on Globofonie with Ciro de Rosa (Italy) (Dec 2, 2022)
Feature on PRI’s “The World”: In Québec, musicians play for seniors as pandemic restrictions ease” – Carried nationally by NPR News in the USA and Canada
19-minute feature on Demesenlla Radio, Spain (Dec 8, 2022)
Feature on “Ear to the Globe” with Nigel Wood / Dublin (Ireland) City FM (Dec 13, 2022)
Taraf Syriana feature – #3 on World Music Charts Europe, Czech Public Radio (Feb 2023)
Interview with Sergiu Popa about Taraf Syriana’s debut release – Global Revolutions Radio (December 12, 2022)
12-minute feature on Le Voyage Imaginaire with Alain Lalancette (CKIA Radio, Quebec City) (Dec 10, 2022)
Feature on Musical Migrations with Gypsy Flores about Christmas Music from Around the World / WRUU, Georgia (Dec 21, 2022)
Taraf Syriana’s “Jovano Jovanke” named one of the best songs of 2022 – WTMD’s Detour With Paul Hartman (December 11, 2022)
One of the best world music CD releases – Grit Friedrich / DeutschlandFunk Kultur (German Public Radio) (December 12, 2022)
Feature on CBC’s Q – (December 5, 2022)
Feature on Mundofonias Radio – “Música de la humanidad” (Carried on 38 stations across Spain and Latin America) (November 2022)
#15 on Transglobal’s World Music Chart – January 2023
Feature on “Midnight Hit and Run” in Greece (January 5, 2023)
Interview with Ghida Majzoub (Dec 30, 2022)
10 minute feature on Taraf Syriana on “World Fusion” / KRFC Radio in Colorado (Dec 16, 2022)
Feature on YLE Etno Tapanin (Finnish Public Radio)
Feature on “Around the World” with Davy Sims, Northern Ireland (Dec 18, 2022)
15-minute feature on “Folk World” with Tony Hillier (Cairns, Australia) (December, 2022)
Interview with Sergiu Popa on “Detour Radio” – (November 13, 2022)
“Brilliant” – Errol Nazareth / CBC’s Frequencies (Special episode featuring Christmas music from around the world including a short interview with Sergiu Popa) (Dec 25, 2022)
50-minute feautre on Concertzenger Radio (The Netherlands) The Night: World Music with Benno Wormgoor (Nov 12, 2022)
Feature on Syrian Easter music on Musical Migrations / WSFM Radio (April 13, 2022)
Pandora’s Jukebox feature on Taraf Syriana’s Easter Music (Apr 14, 2022)
Odes à la liberté artistique universelle! – La Scena Magazine (about Taraf Syriana’s performance at Mundial Monreal) (Nov 2021)
Interview on CBC Radio’s “All In A Weekend” about Taraf Syriana’s program of sacred songs at FMA (Nov 2021)
Feature on WCBN-FM’s Dromedary Express (March 2021)
Poliedro Arabe – Taraf Syriana featured on RTVE (Spanish National Radio) (Aug 22, 2020)
Taraf Syriana: The United Traditions of Music – Frederic Cardin / PanM360 (Nov 15, 2020)