fRoots, 2014
"...Her warm, friendly, open personality permeates the music she makes as well as the way she interacts with the
world..."
"..she is both a lioness and nightingale."
The Guardian
"..one of the year's best new discoveries! " 2013
"...one of the finest, most emotional singers of the region... An impressive
return." 2016
"Aslan possesses the smokiness that marks a true rembetiko singer: You can get lost in the sound of her voice. "
Acoustic Music
"...mesmerizing, like a lonely ghazal in a night desert with a full moon patiently hanging
overhead as the wind sighs."
"Rembetiko, Anadolu’dan Yunanistan’a sürülen ilk mültecidir ve sırtında iki damga taşır. İlki geldiği ev, arkasında bıraktığı
yaşamı, adı ve kimliği..."
Music Paper
'... Ελπίζοντας να την δούμε πολύ σύντομα και στη χώρα μας συστήνουμε ανεπιφύλακτα μια Τουρκο-κούρδη φίλη της Ελλάδος, μια σύγχρονη «Μόρτισσα» του ρεμπέτικου και σμυρνέϊκου τραγουδιού!
'
"Ege Blues'unun yeni yıldızı"
www.sanatkaravani.com
"Anadolu’dan başlayıp dünyaya yayılan şarkıların temsilcisi ve bekçisi olmaya da 15 yıldır başarıdan başarıya koşarak devam ediyor. O, şarkılarıyla
kültürler arası köprüler kurmaya devam ederken, biz de icra ettiklerinden keyif almaya bakmalıyız." 2018
Newyork Music Daily
"It’s haunting, plaintive, rivetingly emotional stuff, with echoes of both
klezmer and Egyptian melodies along with its obvious Greek and Turkish roots...Aslan’s delivery often transcends any linguistic limitations"
"MEDITERRANEAN DELIGHT…"
All.About.Jazz
"Aslan's vocal, so overwhelmingly mysterious that it sounds a bit dangerous."
" Çiğdem Aslan: «Je chante les femmes de caractère» ."
Mondomix
“Une voix profonde et magnifique qui peut sans doute apporter au rébétiko une audience élargie.”
'... In ihrer Musik liegt eine ansteckende Dynamik, die Aslans eigenem Wesen entspringt, aber auch durch die talentierten Musiker um sie herum geschaffen
wird....'
'...Çiğdem Aslan l’icône du renouveau rebétiko. Ce blues qui conte le destin tumultueux des confins de l’Europe du sud-est retrouve aujourd’hui la lumière grâce à
la voix chaude d’une autre exilée…'
Osservatorio
Balcani e Caucaso
'...la nuova regina del rebetiko'
Simon Broughton,
Songlines Magazine
"On stage Aslan is a fresh, natural and relaxed performer with a beautiful voice. Her facility to slip from Greek to Turkish and several other languages is a
real asset”.
Suna Köse, Yeni Özgür Politika
"Londra'da 'Öteki'nin sesi: Çiğdem Aslan"
"As dramatic and controlled as she is a performer, Çiğdem is also an enthusiastic storyteller..."
"bu coğrafyanın kapsamlı bir özetidir kendisi. ne zerafettir o öyle. Egeye nefes vermiştir lütfedip.
hele bunu bir Kürt kızının yapması ne müthiş bir olaydır. Iyi ki var."