by Danny Wiser | Feb 19, 2022 | Reviews
Urker’s proud multi-influenced sound of the Steppe is repackaged with psychedelic flourishes… If Turkey is the bridge between Europe and the Middle East then it goes without saying that Kazakhstan serves as the bridge between Europe and East Asia, and boy...
by Danny Wiser | Jan 30, 2022 | Interviews
To mark two decades after the release of the first 1 Giant Leap film and album, we spoke to co-creator of the project Jamie Catto, filmmaker, musician, and author, to discuss the effort that went into making 1 Giant Leap, its considerable legacy, as well as Catto’s...
by Danny Wiser | Feb 18, 2021 | Reviews
A hidden gem that demonstrates the beauty of cross-cultural collaboration… Hukwe Zawose, folk musician or fusion pioneer? That is the question posed by this underappreciated collaboration he made with celebrated Canadian producer and guitarist Michael Brook....
by Joel Dwek | Jul 28, 2020 | Reviews
It’s perfectly acceptable bubblegum pop, but can the success of Russian girl band Blestyashchiye tell us anything about the influence of Western culture in modern Russia?… Some of the artists we speak about on here contain multitudes, either in their music...
