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, 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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...