Joel Dwek
GHANA: Kologo - Alostmen
Highlighting an ancient musical form and fusing it with modern sounds, this Ghanaian four-piece take the kologo into the 21st Century...
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Danny Wiser
- Jan 17, 2022
- 4 min
YEMEN: Akher El Akhbar - Ahmed Fathi
The master of the oud demonstrates his skill not only in his musicianship but also through his production of the record Around November...
Danny Wiser
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
MOZAMBIQUE: Majurugenta - Ghorwane
Dance or cry to this beautiful album, Majurugenta reminds us of Mozambique's challenging past and shows off the work of a phenomenal...
Danny Wiser
- Jan 9, 2022
- 5 min
SWEDEN/HAITI/MEXICO: Songs I-V - Rocks and Waves Song Circle
On the surface, this album seems a true enigma; yet by exercising patience and acceptance its truth will surely reveal itself to you......
Danny Wiser
- Jan 7, 2022
- 4 min
JAMAICA: Where We Come From - Popcaan
Redefining the genre with a unique tenderness, Popcaan's debut album deservedly launched him into the global public conciousness For most...
Joel Dwek
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
NIGER: Houmeissa - Hama
Putting his own spin on both electronic music and the folk traditions of Niger, Hama has created an singular album that is all his own...
Joel Dwek
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
LAOS: Miracle - JoJo Miracle
Part of a new generation of Lao pop star, Jojo Miracle entertains on his fun debut album Hailing from the Southeast Asian state of Laos,...
Danny Wiser
- Jan 5, 2022
- 4 min
INDIA/UK: Real Sugar - Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills
This East meets West album does far more than introduce Westerners to the beautiful Baul music tradition - it enables both artists to...
Joel Dwek
- Jan 3, 2022
- 4 min
PHILIPPINES: Diwa - Juan Karlos
Containing a variety of rock genres within, Juan Karlos' debut album shatters the child star image of its lead singer and songwriter with...
Danny Wiser
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
GABON: Patience Dabany - Patience Dabany
Once part of the elite in Gabonese society, Dabany proves it was worth breaking free from the shackles of her former life with the...
Danny Wiser
- Dec 30, 2021
- 3 min
GEORGIA: Georgian Voices - The Rustavi Choir
An ancient tradition performed with panache, ladles of real human emotion and historical rigour - the ensemble prove why its worth...
Joel Dwek
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
UK/BANGLADESH: Che Guava's Rickshaw Diaries - Lokkhi Terra
Afro-Cuban music inspired pianist Kishon Khan as a young man, and the result is this inspired album of Latin-South Asian fusion While the...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
- Dec 27, 2021
- 5 min
MICRONESIA: Get It On - Ozeky
Despite questions about the album's quality, the Micronesian teaches us a deeper lesson about how artists should not pay too much...
Joel Dwek
- Dec 5, 2021
- 3 min
LEBANON: Sourat Trait D'Union - Charbel Rouhana
Taking the oud and the music of the Middle East and fusing it with Western genres, Rouhana has formed an album that is accessible while...
Joel Dwek
- Nov 30, 2021
- 3 min
SOUTH AFRICA: End Beginnings - Lesego Rampolokeng with the Kalahari Surfers
A fascinating mix of poetry and music, Rampolokeng's sharp writing entertains and provokes in equal measure To the uninitiated (such as...
Danny Wiser
- Nov 22, 2021
- 7 min
NAMIBIA: Black Colonialists - Black Vulcanite
A whirlwind ride through many important themes, the hip-hop collective create innovative rhythms whilst always speaking truth to power...
Danny Wiser
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
MOROCCO/FRANCE: Nayda! - Bab L'Bluz
Touted as 'psychedelic Gnawa blues', but what does that actually mean? Many nations hold a proud tradition of ritual poetry being sung to...
Joel Dwek
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
MONTENEGRO: Eh Kad Bi Ti - Šako Polumenta
Enjoyable pop with some interesting flourishes, yet Polumenta's music does not stand out from the crowd The European region of the...
Joel Dwek
- Nov 14, 2021
- 4 min
FINLAND: Tolonen! - Jukka Tolonen
The guitar virtuoso is at his best on this album which not only shows off his skills, but his ear for interesting combinations of sound...
Danny Wiser
- Nov 13, 2021
- 3 min
RUSSIA: Последний герой (Posledniy geroy) - Kino
Rocking the boat of dictatorship from the 1980s until today, this Soviet rock record is not to be ignored As far as I am concerned, any...
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