Reviews
Handed On
During the COVID-19 pandemic Danish trio Dreamers’ Circus couldn’t perform – so they composed, drawing inspiration from traditional Nordic music....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin (Even Love Should Have Its Limits) – a phrase the Finnish folk duo of violinist Kukka Lehto...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2025
Hote’ Hote’
Now based in Melbourne, Charles Maimarosia hails from the Solomon Islands, and first came to international attention over 20 years...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2025
Live in Basel
Baba Sissoko & Mediterranean Blues
Baba Sissoko’s sound is unashamedly grounded in the classic sounds of Chicago blues pioneered by the likes of Muddy Waters...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: June/2025
Believer
Three albums in and it feels like Blue Cactus, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, have finally found themselves. In truth,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: June/2025
Kokuu
Last year, the prolific Finnish pianist Timo Alakotila and Japanese accordion player Yuka Fujino released Seiras, which they followed with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2025
Luoteniegut
Joik vocalist Ulla Pirttijärvi is among northern Finland’s strongest Indigenous voices. Pirttijärvi combines her powerful singing with West African influences...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2025
I Feel It Once Again
Chicago-based fiddle player and singer-songwriter Anne Harris boasts a CV diverse enough to not only include many years touring and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2025
Atlântico Negro
The title is a translation of The Black Atlantic, Paul Gilroy’s celebrated book which examines the continuities in Black diasporic...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025
