Reviews

Hydra

Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary

Inspired by the Greek island of Hydra, and by living in a remote village in the Austrian Alps, Irish traditional...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

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5MIINUST & Puuluup

Two Estonian guys, circling their 50s, wearing black suits and performing wild live shows all around Europe with singing, rapping,...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Alva

Mari Boine

“I’ve found my home,” says Sámi singer Boine, “me and my voice we’re together now.” She’s spent decades as one...

Reviewed in issue October/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 in issue October/2024

Dotze Temps

Lluís Gómez

Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

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Dobranotch

Lively melodies and joyful group vocals characterise this new release from the previously Saint Petersburg-based band Dobranotch. In the wake...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Sarda Sarda

Or Kantor

This debut album was born of a serendipitous encounter in a tattoo studio between a record label’s talent scout and...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Clay

Flo Perlin

Flo Perlin is a London-based singer-songwriter with Iraqi/Belarusian roots, a lovely resonant voice and a knack for writing hook-laden songs...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Buzz’ Ayaz

Buzz’ Ayaz

In Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, there are very real and longstanding physical and political divides between the Greek and...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

SOLÓWA

Jolanta Kossakowska

The title translates as ‘solo’, as well as being a word describing children squabbling after school, while the cover shows...

Reviewed in issue October/2024