Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
OMAN: Ayyar - Salah Al-Zadjali
A passable record with some fun tunes, it may entertain some and leave others unenthused Joel: Where to start with this album, really....
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Danny Wiser
Nov 11, 20214 min read
CHILE: Manifiesto - Victor Jara
True musical revolutionaries are few and far between, put your headphones in shut your eyes and marvel in the beauty of this legend’s...
Joel Dwek
Nov 9, 20214 min read
MOZAMBIQUE: Eparaka - Deltino Guerreiro
Mozambican traditional sounds meet the modern world in this vibrant and wonderfully ambitious debut album Usually, the albums I pick as...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
Oct 31, 20213 min read
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS: I Can Assure You - Odisi Band
Soca from one of the world's smallest countries - but is it up to scratch? Joel: Going into this project, while I liked calypso music, I...
Danny Wiser
Oct 30, 20213 min read
MALDIVES: Sissuvaali - Faruma Boduberu Group
Though not my favourite album, it is important, and might one day sadly serve as a legacy of this great tradition from this great nation....
Joel Dwek
Oct 29, 20213 min read
ITALY: I Mortali² - Colapesce & Dimartino
From piano ballads to synth pop, this Italian duo manage to impress in an expansive album In the sphere of culture, Italy has had a...
Danny Wiser
Oct 28, 20213 min read
ROMANIA: Mahala Rai Banda - Mahala Rai Banda
Global rhythms embedded seamlessly into this high-energy piece of musical mastery Truba, also known as Balkan Brass, is a genre that I...
Joel Dwek
Oct 27, 20213 min read
SINGAPORE: Soul Detergent - The Stoned Revivals
Well made indie rock, with psychedelic influences. Or is it something more? Though rock music is a foundational genre for me – I wouldn’t...
Joel Dwek
Oct 26, 20214 min read
KUWAIT: Timenesia - Galaxy Juice
Indie, ambient, funk, electro, this Kuwaiti band try to tie them all together in an ambitious album rich with interesting flourishes...
Danny Wiser
Oct 25, 20218 min read
FRANCE/ARMENIA: La Bohème - Charles Aznavour
A unique record with the capacity to provoke a sense of rather deep and beautiful self-reflection about dreams, desires and direction I...
Joel Dwek
Oct 17, 20213 min read
SPAIN: Contracorriente - Fondo Flamenco
The intrepid trio stand on the shoulders of giants as they try to take flamenco into a new era In 1979, a revolution happened in the...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
Oct 16, 20213 min read
TUVALU: Te Masina Ite Po - Magic Bobo ft DJ Toa
The Polynesian pair perform palatable Pacific pop Joel: Tuvalu, the 4th smallest country in the world, with a population of only around...
Joel Dwek
Oct 15, 20213 min read
CYPRUS: Tha Fygo Me Tous Filous Mou Gia Kairo - Konstantina
Taking Greek-language pop music and adding interesting elements, the Cypriot singer's voice shines through on a solid album Cypriot...
Danny Wiser
Oct 14, 20213 min read
MALI/ISRAEL: The Tel-Aviv Session - The Touré-Raichel Collective
Africa meets the Middle-East in a glorious symposium of creative exchange Collaboration, although a beautiful notion in principle, is...
Danny Wiser
Oct 13, 20213 min read
BELGIUM: J'arrive - Jacques Brel
The brilliant Belgian dazzles with a chanson record that is more than just beautiful poetry Having reviewed a mountain’s worth of albums...
Danny Wiser
Oct 12, 20214 min read
SWEDEN: Prequelle - Ghost
A metal album that breaks all the rules with sprinklings of disco, funk and jazz Regular readers of the site will be aware of my recent...
Joel Dwek
Oct 11, 20214 min read
SWITZERLAND: Aliento - Danit
Looking across the Atlantic for inspiration, the Swiss musician raputures and entrances her listeners with soft instrumentation and her...
Joel Dwek
Oct 3, 20213 min read
COLOMBIA: Amanecer - Bomba Estéreo
Colombia's psychedelic cumbia maestros serve up an album that is as interesting as it is entertaining When the Netflix series Break It...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
Oct 2, 20214 min read
MOLDOVA: Oglinda - Trigon
Navel-gazing nonsense or experimental genius? You decide... Joel: Look. I have to get this out of the way. I hated this album. I truly,...
Joel Dwek
Oct 1, 20213 min read
ECUADOR: Electroclásica - Martha Psyko
The ambitious Ecuadorian violinist takes on some of the most popular classical pieces, as well as popular folk and tango pieces, with a...
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