Danny Wiser
BHUTAN/FRANCE: Rain of Blessings: Vajra Chants - Lama Gyurme & Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Serenity, spirituality and sanctity feature as strands of this phenomenal collaboration between two musical devotees When many in the...
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Danny Wiser
- Mar 6, 2021
- 4 min
COMOROS: Wassi Wassi - Maalesh
Comoros' cross-continental culture is embodied by Maalesh's debut album ‘Africa’s moon islands’ AKA the Comoros, has this affectionate...
Danny Wiser
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: Ghetto Vibes - King Short Shirt
Cricket statistics and anti-colonialist calypso, what more could you want in an album? White people in the West, with little exposure to...
Danny Wiser
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
ALGERIA: Tenere - Afous D'Afous
Kader Tarhanine and co. demonstrate their talents in this glorious Tuareg blues album and inadvertently shine a light on some of the...
Danny Wiser
- Feb 21, 2021
- 5 min
IRELAND: Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
It would be criminal to suggest that the record is simply a one hit wonder as Thin Lizzy blow the roof off, allowing their audience to...
Joel Dwek
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
NORTH MACEDONIA: King Ferus - Ferus Mustafov
Rattling along at a breakneck pace, King Ferus shows off his abundant talents in this album of Balkan brass The American actor and writer...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
- Feb 16, 2021
- 11 min
Interview: Break It All (Rompan Todo) - Nicolas Entel
Documentary filmmaker Nicolas Entel joined us to discuss his ground-breaking new Netflix docuseries Rompan Todo, in which he aims to...
Danny Wiser
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
GUINEA-BISSAU: Ar Puro - Super Mama Djombo
Despite dark times, the legacy of an anti-colonialist revolutionary lives on through this beautiful album, reminding Bissau-Guineans to...
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...
Danny Wiser
- Feb 7, 2021
- 7 min
Interview: Quantum Gates - Stefan Elefteriu
Towing the party line to earn a living whilst engaging in subversive acts to develop his craft, electro space-rock composer Stefan...
Danny Wiser
- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
IRAQ: Tatazakarein - UTN1
Hailing from a nation where pop music production was once a dangerous act, UTN1 have proved themselves to be an excellent boy band in...
Danny Wiser
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
INDIA: Item - Euphoria
The album is enjoyable but more so than that, balances ambition and endeavour to break the status quo without relinquishing Euphoria’s...
Danny Wiser
- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES: Kevin Lyttle - Kevin Lyttle
Proving himself to be more than just a one hit wonder, Soca star Lyttle proves collaborations might be the key to international stardom...
Joel Dwek & Danny Wiser
- Jan 26, 2021
- 9 min
Interview: Riddle Songs - Stef Conner
Stef Conner is a self-proclaimed dead language enthusiast, as well as a musician and singer whose passion had led her to some unique...
Joel Dwek
- Jan 24, 2021
- 4 min
GERMANY/SWITZERLAND: Mutual Friends - Boy
A seemingly solid indie pop record, reveals itself as more than that with its hidden lyrical depths The brainchild of Swiss singer...
Danny Wiser
- Jan 23, 2021
- 4 min
ISRAEL: עוד לא אהבתי די - Yehoram Gaon
A stalwart of Israeli music history shows off his talent in an album of love songs and deeper wisdom When talking about Israel as a...
Danny Wiser
- Jan 22, 2021
- 5 min
SOMALIA: The Journey - Maryam Mursal
If an album has been released by the Real World Records record label, the artist usually either has a fascinating story or an incredible...
Danny Wiser
- Jan 19, 2021
- 4 min
FRANCE: † - Justice
Electro masters Justice bring darkness to disco in their superb debut album Looking at the album cover of Justice’s debut album †, one...
Danny Wiser
- Jan 18, 2021
- 4 min
TURKMENISTAN: Gunesh - Gunesh
State-sponsored bands often are 'middle-of-the-road'; however, this is far from the case for these experimental Turkmen extraordinaires...
Joel Dwek
- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
VENEZUELA: Loé Loá - Betsayda Machado & La Parranda El Clavo
Machado's powerful voice shines in this celebration of Afro-Venezuelan culture Before we start reviewing the album properly, we must...
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