by Joel Dwek | Apr 24, 2022 | Reviews
The oud pioneer manages to create a soft and smooth album of intricately constructed genre-bending melodies… The oud has a long history in the music of North Africa and the Middle East. We have reviewed albums of oud music from Arabian Peninsula nations like...
by Danny Wiser | Jan 19, 2022 | Reviews
A preservation of Tonga’s beautiful music culture never felt so apt… There is nothing written about The Kingdom of Tonga Cultural Group online. No information about who they are or why this album was recorded. Attached to the album is only the year of...
by Danny Wiser | Sep 29, 2021 | Reviews
Heavy metal for children? More like heavy metal for everyone!… For millennia, people have tried asking life’s biggest and most unanswerable questions. These questions often root from a place of existential crisis in which we try to learn and understand who we...
by Danny Wiser | Aug 20, 2021 | Reviews
Party rhythms and good times in store on an album with a much faster tempo than its makers’ homeland’s giant tortoises As a big reggae and dancehall fan, it was fair to say that I was a little bit dubious when I received the recommendation from the...
by Joel Dwek | Aug 16, 2021 | Reviews
Dobet Gnahoré’s unorthodox musical education and fiery natural talent make for an album that mixes a wide range of African styles within a modern sensibility… When thinking about what to write for this review, I kept thinking back to a question I have...
by Danny Wiser | Jan 11, 2021 | Reviews
A whistle-stop tour of rock; Jadal prove themselves to be competent across the whole genre… We all have our own musical biases and I am no different. Whilst reggae, soul, and disco hit me in three different ways, my love for those genres is more visceral and...
by Joel Dwek | Nov 9, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
Gurrumul is a masterpiece of the highest order that evokes plenty of emotion and highlights the importance of preserving Aboriginal culture… About two weeks before I began writing the review for Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s debut solo album Gurrumul, I saw an...
by Joel Dwek | Sep 20, 2020 | Reviews
Thandiswa treads the line between tradition and innovation in this enjoyably eclectic album… When scouring the world for albums from every country, we have found that there are, broadly speaking, two types of musician, and then there’s the grey zone in between...
