Reviews
Lükata-Tõmmata, Hargiga-Roobiga
Jaan Rand / Katariin Raska, Leanne Barbo & Natali Ponetajev
Jaan Rand (1879–1944) was a versatile Estonian folk musician from Kirbla in western Estonia. A master of the jaw harp,...
Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: February/March/2025
Nouskaa Sisaret
The criss-crossing of culture from the desert dunes of Mali with forested quiet spaces in Finland is where refreshingly bold,...
Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: February/March/2025
New Music for the 6 String Guitar
Rhayader guitarist Toby Hay's latest work sees his newly commissioned Fylde Ariel acoustic take centre stage on a solo album...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: September/2025
Reele Bumbou
This latest release from Burkinabé musician Kaito Winse is a short collection of traditional stories sung and performed on various...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2025
Scenes from uniXia
boci describes her second, even more esoteric, album as a psycho-magical concept set in her own world, uniXia: “During a...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2025
Nouse Luonto – Songs of Nordic Biodiversity
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
In Finland, where nature is often on your doorstep, an estimated one in nine species is endangered. Nouse Luonto is...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2025
Adventures in the Now
This is the fourth instalment of genre crossing ethno-jazz fusion from Finnish multi-instrumentalist Ilkka Arola and his band Sound Tagine....
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: June/2025
The Devil Rides Again
Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia
There is no doubt that Fanfare Ciocarlia remain among the fastest and most precise brass bands in the world. And...
Reviewed by Ula Nowak in issue: August/2025
