by Joel Dwek | May 8, 2022 | Reviews
By creating original pop songs with a traditional flair, The Sakishima Meeting have managed to innovate while preserving culture… It can be easy to fall into the trap of seeing countries as culturally homogenous within themselves, when that is rarely, if ever,...
by Joel Dwek | Mar 3, 2022 | Reviews
Electronic music with several twists, this album takes the listener on a journey into the diverse musical stylings of its creators… Portuguese musician Benjamim and British electronic music producer Barnaby Keen look determined on the cover art of their 2017...
by Joel Dwek | Feb 18, 2022 | Reviews
Border-defying desert blues by way of Syria, Israel, and Europe is how this stateless rock duo express their musical free spirit… As a music review site based around covering all countries and as many territories as possible, our review of TootArd’s Laissez...
by Danny Wiser | Feb 15, 2022 | Reviews
Hard-hitting political rap music is the order of the day with these Arabic-language hip-hop pioneers When reviewing an album as political as Dabke On The Moon by DAM, we try not to take sides. However, as two Jews with family in Israel and a close personal connection...
by Danny Wiser | Feb 14, 2022 | Reviews, Top Picks
This hope-infused record by Mgzavrebi is not to be ignored as it uses styles of the past whilst maintaining a current and modern feel… On the border of Asia and Europe lies Georgia. A nation with a rich culture that comes from both continents, as well as their...
by Joel Dwek | Oct 11, 2021 | Reviews, Top Picks
Looking across the Atlantic for inspiration, the Swiss musician raputures and entrances her listeners with soft instrumentation and her beguiling voice… Though she may not sound it, Danit is from Switzerland. In fact, the album, which is sung mostly in Spanish...
by Joel Dwek | Sep 2, 2021 | Reviews
Cementerio De Elefantes provide alternative rock with a few fun twists – but does it impress?… Listening to Larutanatural when sitting down in front of a blank Word document was a lovely surprise, even though it should not have been. Even though I had...
by Danny Wiser | Sep 1, 2021 | Reviews
Sounds of the past and the present sewn together, showing off Qatar’s other side In just over a year, the small Persian Gulf nation of Qatar will be at the forefront of everyone’s attention when they host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It could be argued that...
by Danny Wiser | Aug 30, 2021 | Reviews, Top Picks
Brown earns her crown as Zimbabwe’s “Queen of Pop” in this magnificent debut attempt… In my first forays into adulthood, I fell deeply in love. I was drawn in by her colour, her energy, the sense of liberty that she transmitted and the feeling...
by Joel Dwek | Jul 20, 2021 | Reviews, Top Picks
The beloved Sudanese icon gives a masterclass in musical expression with an album that combines soulful vocals and musical fusion… Known affectionately as the King of Sudanese Jazz, Sharhabil Ahmed’s profile in his homeland of Sudan has been high ever since the...
by Joel Dwek | Apr 15, 2021 | Reviews
Wizkid establishes himself as one of the mighty trio of Afrobeats superstars, putting the genre into the Western public conciousness in style… Danny: In 2018, I had the absolute pleasure of living with a Nigerian prince. Whilst in the wake of the Duke of...
by Danny Wiser | Mar 2, 2021 | Reviews
Kader Tarhanine and company demonstrate their talents in this glorious Tuareg blues album and inadvertently shine a light on some of the oppression their people face… In the 19th and 20th century, the so-called ‘Jewish Question’ arose across European...
by Joel Dwek | Jan 17, 2021 | Reviews
Machado’s powerful voice shines in this celebration of Afro-Venezuelan culture… Before we start reviewing the album properly, we must address the earworm in the room. The song Oh, Santa Rosa will be stuck in your head for hours and hours, possibly days and...
by Danny Wiser | Oct 21, 2020 | Interviews
Mexican songwriter and bassist Carlos Toledo joined us to tell us about his band’s latest album Prueba El Sabor, the salsa scene in Mexico and much more… “You don’t need to speak Spanish to enjoy and listen to the music…” That said, it might help....
by Danny Wiser | Sep 7, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
Is Bangui Africa’s very own Detroit? Laetitia Zonzambé puts forward a convincing case… The last time I was tasked with writing an ‘album of the week’ for NoiseNomad, I discussed how Leonard Cohen opened my eyes up to the world of lyrically-driven music in...
by Joel Dwek | Aug 14, 2020 | Reviews
Gentle Nepali folk music sung very well by vocalist Navneet Aditya Waiba. But is there more behind the recording of this album…? When I first gave this a listen, I found the most striking thing about Ama Lai Shraddhanjali by Navneet Aditya Waiba is Waiba’s voice...
by Danny Wiser | Jul 8, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
Lamomali, a Malian-French collaboration, shows that traditional music can be incorporated into modern pop in a manner that breathes new life into the genre of world music… I have started to come around to the notion that the term ‘world music’ is, for the most...
by Joel Dwek | Jun 4, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
Ramy Essam’s powerful guitar playing and impassioned vocals make for a hugely enjoyable album… Rock is probably my favourite genre of music, nothing quite gets to me quite like it, and this is an excellent album that really rocks. What’s more, Ramy Essam...
