Reviews
Vander Ikh Mir Lustik
Lively melodies and joyful group vocals characterise this new release from the previously Saint Petersburg-based band Dobranotch. In the wake...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: September/2024
Kystnært
Guro Kvifte Nesheim & Floating Sofa Quartet
Kystnært has been on permanent play since its arrival. This instrumental journey celebrates the musical heritage and diversity of the...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: September/2024
Cool Head
Wales’ Georgia Ruth wooed all with her voice and harp playing on 2013’s In the Pines, which saw her nominated...
Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: September/2024
Live in Aspen
The Aspen Music Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary this year with the release of this live recording from 2022. Sharon...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2024
Chidzorogodo
With an infectiously relaxed lyrical approach carried along by pulsing, laid-back rhythms and a vocal style that owes a debt...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2024
Sotali
Swedish folk duo Pettersson & Fredriksson originally released this set in 2010 and present it here for the first time...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024
The Tinnitus Chorus
Canadian sound artist and producer Michael Scott Dawson has spent years battling with hearing problems. In the process of making...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: December/2024
Electric Taal Band
Daniel McLay is an inventive Canadian musician, composer and producer. He gained notoriety for cult chiptune project The J. Arthur...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Went to Walk
The shadow of the pandemic and lockdowns hangs heavy over this third album from the Sligo-based, Austrian-born violinist/singer/yodeller and composer....
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2024
Ela Partíu
Laíz & The New Love Experience
Laíz is a 24-year-old Brazilian rapper who settled in Berlin at 18. Ela Partíu features 20 musicians from countries including...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2024
