What a wonderful surprise. The Gathering reunited in 2025, thus celebrating 30 years since the release of the highly influential and generation stapling album, titled Mandylion. The good news is that they will be performing at REF 2026. A lunch meeting in 2023, following the presentation of a gold record award for the seminal 1995…
This song will eclipse pretty much everything you know is coming from the Balkans. At least that’s what I thought when I realized that the composer/singer does not come from some of the western parts of Europe, like I initially envisaged. I wanted to make a comparison with how a good perfume performs and captures…
At least up until the fall of 2024. This band will rock your inner worlds. And I mean it. Vola is likely the band you’d wanted to have found it. Not our of envy, but out of the simplicity and the sheer beauty of the songs they are able to put out. The band’s current…
On January 17, 2025, Sara released their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Hallava, marking a historic milestone for the band. The title “Hallava,” translating from Finnish to “pale,” “pale gray,” or “frosty,” perfectly encapsulates the bleak, wintery atmosphere of the record. Released under their independent label, 6162 Viihde Oy, Hallava represents both a structural and…
The hidden gem from Istanbul you have probably not heard of. But you will. And you will listen to something you haven’t in quite a while. The emergence of the Istanbul-based band Jakuzi in 2015 marked a profound paradigm shift within the Turkish independent music landscape. Founded by vocalist Kutay Soyocak and multi-instrumentalist Taner Yücel…