Reviews

Loud and Clear

Otava Yo

Active for 20 years, Otava Yo are probably the most successful Russian band on the world music scene with their...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Jouhikko

Lassi Logrén

Finnish music fans around the world know Logrén as the fiddle player in the legendary band Värttinä. What they might...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Pétala

Inês Vaz

Pétala is the second album from Portuguese accordionist Inês Vaz. The title is inspired by the final lines of the...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Flowers

Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh

This debut album from the trio of vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and composers Odette Michell, Karen Pfeiffer and Daria Kulesh presents an...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Sometime Between Now and Never

Dumai Dunai

Punchy Balkan brass, bubbling dub rhythms and piquant punk guitar riffs jostle joyously on this first offering from Montréal-based Dumai...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

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Sampo Lassila Narinkka

Hop on the last metro out of Helsinki city centre. Nighttime revelries fade away as the doors slide closed and...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Weġgħat Żgħar

TroffaĦamra

What a surprise to hear an album sung predominantly in Maltese. Infused inevitably with Mediterranean influences, bolstered by perceptible Levantine,...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Proxy Music

Linda Thompson

With a cover aping Roxy Music’s debut album, Linda Thompson launches her proxy project – with family and friends including...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Anomalia

Polski Piach

Polish outfit Polski Piach’s third album, Anomalia sees them return with a new angle on their brand of folk-blues. The...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Uddevalla

Lauren Collier

Glasgow-based singer and fiddle player Collier’s debut album Uddevalla is a strikingly global and atmospheric selection of songs and tunes...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024