Iver Kleive & Knut Reiersrud – Vidunderligst av alt på jord (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2025) Vidunderligst av alt på jord (The most wonderful thing on earth)…
Precious Midnight Melodies In Nidaros Cathedral
Category: Album reviews
Dean Mueller Teams With John Prine Alums For Wishes Never Gone
Dean Mueller – Wishes Never Gone (Ripping Glass Entertainment, 2024) Americana singer-songwriter Dean Mueller released Wishes Never Gone last year. It features production by Grammy…
Latin Jazz Spark: Ron Rieder Unveils Dia Precioso! with Boston All-Stars
Ron Rieder – Dia Precioso! (2025) Ron Rieder’s Dia Precioso! is an eight-track set developed during a year-long collaboration with producer andarranger Ricardo Monzón. The…
Mehrnam Rastegari’s Debut ‘Dislocated Pulse,’ A Persian Psych-Rock Set
Mehrnam Rastegari – Dislocated Pulse (self-release, 2025) Mehrnam Rastegari is set to release Dislocated Pulse in November. This is her debut album as a composer,…
At Dawn with the Saglios
Matthieu & Camille Saglio – Al Alba (ACT Music, 2025) Al Alba (at dawn in Spanish) presents an exquisite, lovely, and intimate collaboration between two…
Folk Dances, Fresh Ears: Topos Reimagines Bartók
Sokratis Sinopoulos and Yann Kirim – Topos (ECM, 2025) Lyra meets piano on Topos by Greek duo Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra) and Yann Kirim (piano). This…
Erlend Apneseth’s Fiddle-Fueled Supergroup Takes Flight
Erlend Apneseth – Song over støv – Hubro, 2025) On Song over Støv (“Song over Dust”) Hardanger fiddle player and composer Erlend Apneseth bridges folk…
Holly Holden Walks a New Path with al andar
Holly Holden – al andar (Holly Holden Music, 2025) London-based singer-songwriter Holly Holden returns in 2025 with al andar, a colorful and acoustic-leaning album influenced…
Silvana Estrada’s Charming Self-Produced ‘Vendrán Suaves Lluvias’
Silvana Estrada – Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Glassnote Records, 2025) Silvana Estrada frames Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Gentle Rains Will Come) as a document of recovery and…
The Last Poets’ Africanism Spins Back On Vinyl
The Last Poets – Africanism (Africa Seven, 2024/2025 vinyl reissue) The Last Poets have reissued Africanism on vinyl. This formidable recording brings together spoken word…