Joel Dwek
ISRAEL: A Toast to Life - Yaakov Shwekey
Jewish music that veers from sincere ballads to danceable pop songs, all the while revelling in its essential and unabashed yiddishkeit...
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Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
- Dec 18, 2020
- 1 min
World Music Advent Calendar - December 18th
ISRAEL: סְבִיבוֹן סוֹב סוֹב סוֹב (Sevivon Sov Sov Sov) - Hana Laszlo This charming Chanukah ditty is a kids’ favourite. It describes the...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
World Music Advent Calendar - December 10th
ISRAEL: Ma’oz Tzur – Yonina Husband and wife duo Yoni & Nina Tokayer’s cover of the Chanukah classic Ma’Oz Tzur updates an 800-year-old...
Danny Wiser
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
HUNGARY: Klezmer - Budapest Bár
Jewish klezmer played by a Roma band, this musical confluence allows us a window into a lost world of Eastern European cultural symbiosis...
Danny Wiser
- Aug 17, 2020
- 5 min
CANADA: You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
There is not a blurb that could do justice to this album. Listen to it ASAP. On Around The World In 200 Albums we typically review albums...
Joel Dwek
- Jul 18, 2020
- 3 min
ISRAEL: Habib Galbi - A-WA
Yemenite Jewish culture is made accessible through these three sisters' enjoyable Electronica album This album is made by three Israeli...
Joel Dwek
- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
URUGUAY: Sea - Jorge Drexler
The Uruguayan singer-songwriter's album has accessible indie tunes, but dig deeper and he touches upon some profound themes There’s a...
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