by Joel Dwek | Feb 5, 2022 | Reviews
Crowd-pleasing electronic music with an experimental edge that makes it a cut above the average… Caribou is the stage name of Canadian electronic musician Dan Snaith, who has also recorded under the pseudonyms of Daphni and Manitoba, the latter he dropped as an...
by Danny Wiser | Jul 6, 2021 | Reviews
Wintry sounds abound in this confident debut album from Riit that takes Inuk music to electro pop… Born in a tiny village in the windswept frozen tundra of Canada’s newest, largest, and most sparsely populated territory named Nunavut, Riit’s debut album is a...
by Danny Wiser | Apr 29, 2021 | Interviews
The Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated producer, musician, and composer sat down to speak with us about his career in the field of world music fusion, the value of musicians in different cultures, and a very special gig in Senegal… “If I am working with somebody...
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 Danny Wiser | Dec 8, 2020 | Advent Calendar
CANADA: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Michael Bublé… In some senses, the most traditional offering we could be giving you during our World Music Advent Calendar is this extraordinary rendition of the classic Christmas song Have Yourself a Merry...
by Danny Wiser | Aug 28, 2020 | Reviews
Neil Young provides flashes of brilliance amidst an otherwise pleasant plethora of folky tunes… Full disclosure, Neil Young has always been one of my big musical blind spots. What I thought knew about him and his music was limited to a handful of songs, where I...
by Danny Wiser | Aug 17, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
There is no blurb that could do justice to this album. Listen to it ASAP… At NoiseNomad we typically review albums that are melodically driven pieces. Often, this is because many of the albums we write about are not in our mother tongue of English, but also it...
by Danny Wiser | Aug 16, 2020 | Reviews
Miss Colombia shows off immense and eclectic musical talent, whilst also exploring the complexities that many migrants have when it comes to their relationship with their homeland… For an electro-cumbia album, a record from a genre that is typically dance...
by Danny Wiser | Jul 24, 2020 | Reviews
Non-conformist, raw, and overtly ’90s in its style, Morissette’s lyrics still bear immense relevance today in the ‘MeToo’ era… Typically at NoiseNomad we address artists that are not so well-known in the Western world, however, we are...
