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    OMAN: Ayyar - Salah Al-Zadjali
    Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    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....
    CHILE: Manifiesto - Victor Jara
    Danny Wiser
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
    MOZAMBIQUE: Eparaka - Deltino Guerreiro
    Joel Dwek
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
    SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS: I Can Assure You - Odisi Band
    Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
    • Oct 31, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    MALDIVES: Sissuvaali - Faruma Boduberu Group
    Danny Wiser
    • Oct 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    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....
    ITALY: I Mortali² - Colapesce & Dimartino
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    ROMANIA: Mahala Rai Banda - Mahala Rai Banda
    Danny Wiser
    • Oct 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    SINGAPORE: Soul Detergent - The Stoned Revivals
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    KUWAIT: Timenesia - Galaxy Juice
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
    FRANCE/ARMENIA: La Bohème - Charles Aznavour
    Danny Wiser
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 8 min

    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...
    SPAIN: Contracorriente - Fondo Flamenco
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    TUVALU: Te Masina Ite Po - Magic Bobo ft DJ Toa
    Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
    • Oct 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    CYPRUS: Tha Fygo Me Tous Filous Mou Gia Kairo - Konstantina
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    MALI/ISRAEL: The Tel-Aviv Session - The Touré-Raichel Collective
    Danny Wiser
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    BELGIUM: J'arrive - Jacques Brel
    Danny Wiser
    • Oct 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    SWEDEN: Prequelle - Ghost
    Danny Wiser
    • Oct 12, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
    SWITZERLAND: Aliento - Danit
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    SWITZERLAND: Aliento - Danit

    Looking across the Atlantic for inspiration, the Swiss musician entrances her listeners with soft instrumentation and her beguiling voice...
    COLOMBIA: Amanecer - Bomba Estéreo
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    MOLDOVA: Oglinda - Trigon
    Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
    • Oct 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    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,...
    ECUADOR: Electroclásica - Martha Psyko
    Joel Dwek
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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