Listen Before You Buy

The wonderful thing about music is its ability to cross national boundaries and yet still appeal to the listener. Since writing for Listen Before You Buy I’ve reviewed music from Romania (The Pixels), Belgium (Hermanos Inglesos), Germany (Malente), Italy (Herr Styler), Sweden (MF/MB/), Mexico (Colateral Soundtrack) and Turkey (Fuji Kureta) as well as the good [...]

I’ve always been a fan of world music, from Indian Bhangra to African guitar players like Ali Farka Toure to Native American chants; I’ve always been drawn by the differences and similarities that can be found in the cultural divides. It’s also been interesting watching the crossover to our pop culture when artists like Paul [...]