Reviews
Bucolica
Hiram Salsano’s debut album firmly establishes her as a remarkable artist, wielding a commanding and expressive voice rooted in Campania’s...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
La Giusta Distanza
Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana | Riccardo Tesi
La Giusta Distanza grew out of the confinement of the pandemic when Tuscan organetto (diatonic accordion) maestro Tesi composed most...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Vainaan Perua: Satavuotinen Sakka
There’s a fascinating premise behind this new release from Finnish folk violinist Emilia Lajunen, the title of which translates as...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Ultrabelleza
This first full-length album by Spanish singer-songwriter María José Llergo offers further proof of her versatile reimagining of traditional flamenco,...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Solen Var Bättre Där
When I reviewed Ævestaden’s 2021 debut album Ingen Mere Gråter in Songlines #176 (April 2022), I described their music as...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
iViV
When you listen closely to Oriane Lacaille’s music, you inveitably think of Leyla McCalla. The Creole quality of Lacaille’s songs...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Collage
Erlend Apneseth Trio with Maja S K Ratkje
The list of musical genres that Norwegian band Erlend Apneseth Trio tap into for their new album, Collage, could be...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Galargan
Cardiff-based songwriter and instrumentalist Gareth Bonello, better known as The Gentle Good, explores the traditional song and folklore of his...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
