“…Polat’s endlessly expressive and groovy style…” writes Tom Newell in the *** review in Songlines #162, November 2020 Turkish oud player Mehmet Polat further develops his style on this solo album withContinue reading* Album review for ‘The promise’ in Songlines

Great review on New York Music Daily about my latest album The promise. You can read it here below: Yet Another Haunting, Exhilarating Album From Oud Master Mehmet Polat. OudistContinue reading* Album review for ‘The promise’ in New York Music Daily

“Mehmet Polat’s inventive ud” as is written in worldmusiccentral.org

A beautiful review in Nieuwe Noten by Ben Taffijn about my latest album The promise. It has a great observation about every composition I made there, and beautiful definitions.

Great review from Italy on Blogfoolk Redazione about my latest album ‘The promise’. Italian friends, check it out. A quote: “The record offers us a sonic journey that unravels fromContinue reading* Album review for ‘The promise’ in Blogfoolk Magazine, Italy

“It is amazing to contemplate how Polat continually presents himself with all manner of musical challenges, cultural collages, and emotional labyrinths, and executes the music with masterful ease.”

Haunting, High-Voltage Balkan and Middle Eastern Sounds from Oud Mastermind Mehmet Polat. TR – Amerika’dan New York Music Daily’de son albümüm Quanum Leap hakkında muhteşem bir makale çıktı.Başlığı: Ud’un dehasıContinue reading* Album review for ‘Quantum Leap’ in New York Music Daily

Son albümüm Quantum Leap hakkında dün Cumhuriyet’te Murat Beşer’in kaleme aldığı yazıdan bir cümle: keşif tutkusu ile yapılmış, melodik açıdan zengin bir çalışma. Beautiful review in Turkish nationwide newspaper Cumhuriyet.Continue reading* Album review for ‘Quantum Leap’ in Cumhuriyet, Turkey

A great ****½ review in the Dutch music magazine Jazzism #4 2019 about my latest album ‘Quantum Leap’. “On this album with the ensemble ‘Embracing Colours’ he shows his versatilityContinue reading* Album review for ‘Quantum Leap’ in Jazzism