Joik as an act of Resistance
Going beyond the music program, Borealis touched on Sámi culture, becoming a platform to rethink how to talk about one’s identity.
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Roadburn 2024: 10 acts to see
Heaviness in music can be understood in many ways. Here are ten days through the prism I want to experience this year’s Roadburn.
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Reissue Of The Week: Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s Souvenirs
Beautifully intimate home recordings made by an Ethiopian nun reflecting on the idea of exile in the 1970s and 1980s, probably never intended to be heard by anyone but herself, have taken on an astounding universality in 2024
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Inner Ear: Bulgarian Music For February
My survey of the scenes of Central and Eastern Europe returns, with this edition exploring the drones, darkness and beauty of the Bulgarian underground.
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How One Polish Label Is Expanding Footwork’s Horizons
Run from Wrocław by Paweł “Paide” Dunajko, outlines uses the beloved Chicago genre as a platform for truly experimental dance music.
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The best of 2023
My the top 30 albums of 2023, some sound memories, four festivals and many special concerts.
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The New Irishness
Different ways of seeing folk – from instruments, lyrics, or psycho-geographical mythologies immersed in the local context – catch me the most in this year’s Irish music scene. Join me for the ten most exciting records from the last year.
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Acoustic deconstructions
During the November evenings at the Kolonia Artystów, I’ve heard how the sound of the banjo, accordion, and saxophone could be creatively transformed to show their identity and musical language anew.
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Hopper and grime
Although different in form and color, the two albums released by Lotto at once have much in common: darkness and uncertainty, painted in a contemplative, striking way.
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