Radio Reviews

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8. Late Junction, BBC Radio 3, February 2009
"Reem Kelani is another artist whose music and struggle for cultural recognition and civil rights go hand in hand". Max Reinhardt

7. Domino Records, UK, December 2007
Robert Wyatt's Top Ten Music Listening List 2007
Reem Kelani live on radio with Andy Kershaw, BBC Radio 3, 17 April 2007

6. Perder el Norte, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
"Recreación contemporánea de la música tradicional. Un clásico reciente imprescindible." Brigitte Vasallo
('New arrangement of traditional music. An essential modern classic').
Translated from Spanish © The Miktab Ltd, 2008.

5. BBC Xtra, BBC World Service Arabic, 29 March 2006
"This is vintage Reem. Brilliant Reem. On first hearing it, my immediate impression was relief that she did not succumb to commercial pressures to use any electronic or pop-style arrangement. She justifiably did what she wanted to do and has worked towards for years. Nothing compromised and nothing sacrificed. And so what was meant to be a short 5-minute interview about the new CD on BBC XTRA, inevitably turned into a full blown 15-minute music feature". Sam Farah

4. Late Junction, BBC Radio 3, 20 March 2006
"Soulful singing, as ever. Sprinting Gazelle is definitely one to go out and buy. Fiona Talkington

3. The Daily Planet, ABC, Australia, 17 March 2006
"Sprinting Gazelle - a fine selection of mostly traditional songs with Jazz / Middle Eastern backing and Reem's intense, emotive voice." Lucky Oceans

2. BBC Radio 4, 14 February 2006
"The Palestinian singer Reem Kelani was quite extraordinary. After some eccentric throat clearing, the most amazing sounds emerged. She swayed round the microphone to draw out different tones from her voice." Martha Kearney

1. The Times Literary Supplement, June 4 2004
"The most compelling voice throughout the series was, of course, that of Scheherazade herself, ethereally present in spellbinding extracts beautifully read by Reem Kelani." Jane Jakeman
(from a review of A Thousand And One radio series, BBC Radio 4)