Reviews
Compter les dents
The 11 songs on this superbly performed set are drawn from something many of us have handled in our lives:...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Handed On
During the COVID-19 pandemic Danish trio Dreamers’ Circus couldn’t perform – so they composed, drawing inspiration from traditional Nordic music....
Reviewed 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 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 in issue June/2025
Nights in the Belly of Bohemia
Gabriel Moreno’s new album shows the singer-songwriter at the height of his powers. The London-based Gibraltarian poet/musician explores the dilemmas...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Luna, Cera e Vino
From southern Italy comes what is described as a “dreamlike journey through memories, recollections and new images” of the ancient...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
The World That I Knew
Dublin-based duo VARO – singers and fiddlers Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi, from France and Italy respectively – are...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Cançons a l’Ombra
La Baula are a new Catalan group committed to collecting and spreading the traditional songs from their region. The title...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Song over støv
Hardanger fiddle player Apneseth emerged on the Norwegian folk scene as a rising star, an exquisite performer, a magnet for...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
