Reviews

Till Skogen

Kolonien

Climate change, pandemics, wars… there’s an urgent need to raise people’s spirits, so the joy and optimism of Kolonien’s Till...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

A Lifetime Isn’t Enough

War Women of Kosovo

Grammy-winning producer/conflict resolution specialist Ian Brennan and Italian-Rwandan photographer/filmmaker Marilena Delli Umuhoza have long provided platforms for the under-represented with...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

The Poor Shall Wear the Crown: Songs by Leon Rosselson

Nancy Kerr

In 2020 when the UK locked down because of COVID-19 and live performance was impossible, Nancy Kerr had a bright...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Lysbærer

Nanna Barslev

Lysbærer could easily be the soundtrack to any of the popular Viking series available on our screens and it’s the...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

High on Life

Marvara

What hits you immediately upon initially listening to Marvara’s debut release is the incredible whirlwind of energy coming from the...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

twelvemonth and a day

Wolf & Clover

Based in Columbus, Georgia, this sextet boasts three professors, a music academy director, doctoral candidate and orchestra executive in its...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Festyval

The Ukrainians

Hailing from Oldham, The Ukrainians were formed in 1990 by guitarist Peter Solowka (he being of Ukrainian and Yugoslav heritage)....

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Iníon

Inni-K

This album of nine beautifully arranged sean nós songs from the Dublin-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K (Eithne Ní Chatháin)...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

VLADIMIR

VLADIMIR

When thinking about the Balkans, the Jewish are rarely the first of its peoples to come to mind. Indeed, they...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Glendrian

Kenneth I MacKenzie

Composer and multi-instrumentalist MacKenzie’s new release, Glendrian, is a fetching tribute to an area of north-west Scotland which has strong...

Reviewed in issue May/2022