A passable record with some fun tunes, it may entertain some and leave others unenthused Joel: Where to start with this album, really....

True musical revolutionaries are few and far between, put your headphones in shut your eyes and marvel in the beauty of this legend’s...

Mozambican traditional sounds meet the modern world in this vibrant and wonderfully ambitious debut album Usually, the albums I pick as...

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...

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....

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...

Global rhythms embedded seamlessly into this high-energy piece of musical mastery Truba, also known as Balkan Brass, is a genre that I...

Well made indie rock, with psychedelic influences. Or is it something more? Though rock music is a foundational genre for me – I wouldn’t...

Indie, ambient, funk, electro, this Kuwaiti band try to tie them all together in an ambitious album rich with interesting flourishes...

A unique record with the capacity to provoke a sense of rather deep and beautiful self-reflection about dreams, desires and direction I...

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...

The Polynesian pair perform palatable Pacific pop Joel: Tuvalu, the 4th smallest country in the world, with a population of only around...

Taking Greek-language pop music and adding interesting elements, the Cypriot singer's voice shines through on a solid album Cypriot...

Africa meets the Middle-East in a glorious symposium of creative exchange Collaboration, although a beautiful notion in principle, is...

The brilliant Belgian dazzles with a chanson record that is more than just beautiful poetry Having reviewed a mountain’s worth of albums...

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...

Looking across the Atlantic for inspiration, the Swiss musician raputures and entrances her listeners with soft instrumentation and her...

Colombia's psychedelic cumbia maestros serve up an album that is as interesting as it is entertaining When the Netflix series Break It...

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,...

The ambitious Ecuadorian violinist takes on some of the most popular classical pieces, as well as popular folk and tango pieces, with a...