Reviews
Hugnad
Olav Luksengård Mjelva is the Norwegian member of the Norwegian/Swedish/Shetland trio the Nordic Fiddlers Bloc. An award-winning composer and sought-after...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Ink of the Rosy Morning
Like a number of albums released this year, the root story behind the Cambridge duo’s debut for Topic Records is...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Alchemy
The fun and engaging new album from the indie-folk band finds them celebrating their tenth anniversary by returning to their...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Till Skogen
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
