Joel Dwek
SOMALIA: Volume 5 - Dur-Dur Band
Kick back, relax, and maybe even dance along to some disco funk from a time in Somalia's history where briefly musical creativity was...
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Danny Wiser
- Jun 10, 2021
- 3 min
GUYANA: Moon Over Me - Aubrey Cummings
Cultural hero Cummings leaves his mark on two nations but doesn't quite do it for me Around The World In 200 Albums was a platform that...
Danny Wiser
- Feb 14, 2021
- 6 min
ITALY: Oro Incenso & Birra - Zucchero Fornaciari
Fun, raw and multi-talented - Zucchero shows off a fusion style decades ahead of his time in a country that often fails to welcome in...
Joel Dwek
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
VIETNAM: Hoa Am Xua - Saigon Soul Revival
A legacy of the Vietnam War, Saigon Soul Revival appropriate a western genre whilst adding a wonderful Vietnamese twist In some respects,...
Joel Dwek
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
TOGO: Otodi - Vaudou Game
What's the link between the Vaudou culture of Togo and the funk music of the 1970s? Vaudou Game show us where the two genres can cross A...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
- Sep 13, 2020
- 9 min
Interview: Bring Back My Soul - JK Soul
JK Soul, Slovenian electronic music producers that contain an authentic soul edge, we sat down to discuss their career so far, and their...
Danny Wiser
- Sep 7, 2020
- 5 min
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Sanza Soul - Laetitia Zonzambé
Is Bangui Africa’s very own Detroit? Zonzambé puts forward a convincing case… The last time I was tasked with writing an Album of the...
Joel Dwek
- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
GERMANY: Practice What You Preach - The Poets of Rhythm
Whilst this Bavarian album doesn't encourage Schuhplattler dancing, its fabulous funky beats forces its listeners to get down and boogie...
Joel Dwek
- Jul 17, 2020
- 3 min
FRANCE: Ben L'Oncle Soul - Ben L'Oncle Soul
Far from being a rip-off of the soul greats, Ben L'Oncle Soul proves his worth as an authentic soul singer Soul is a genre that I like a...
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