“Beautiful, melancholic, often exciting, always warm music…”

“…the inclusiveness of the music is distinctive.”

“Contemporary, unconventional world music of great stature….”

“A brilliant album” https://www.lira.se/skivrecension/embodied-poetry/

Great review from Italy on Blogfoolk! “Embodied Poetry” is an evocative work, a result of the openness and peaceful coexistence of music that has references in different cultures, between theContinue reading* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in Blogfoolk

“Turkish-Dutch musician and composer Mehmet Polat is considered one of the best ûd players of his generation. On Embodied Poetry, he finds himself surrounded by his own quartet for theContinue reading* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in Heaven Magazine

“…the emphasis is always on his magnificent playing on the ûd…” writes Rik van Boeckel on mixedworldmusic.com about Mehmet Polat Quartet’s album ‘Embodied Poetry’ (label: Aftab Records; Benelux distribution: XangoContinue reading* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in MixedWorldMusic.com

Beautiful -yet confronting- review at Tribune2lartiste written by Jean-Jacques Dikongue. A quote: ‘Embodied Poetry of Mehmet Polat is a true tribute and plea in favor of the oud.” https://tribune2lartiste.com/mehmet-polat-et-sa-poesie-oudesque/