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Kalandra’s chief songstress on Vikings, corsets, and naughty Norwegian folk tales

Sweden’s melancholic masters successfully navigate recent choppy waters to deliver their lucky 13th album.

Japan’s modern-day shamans weave together past, present and future, via a healthy dose of folky doom

Complete Suites and Other Music for Keyboard Cristian Sandrin (piano) SOMM Recordings SOMMCD0702 61:09 mins In the first complete recording of Purcell’s eight keyboard suites on the modern piano, Roma

Out of the darkness comes light, and Ghost ’s future increasingly looks bright. Tobias Forge, aka Papa V Perpetua, talks dark matters and working towards “newer, better, bigger”.

When sudden tragedy struck, NATALIE BERGMAN found solace in the New Mexico desert. Shedding indie rock for psychedelic gospel-soul, music played a big part in her healing – while her latest album finds fresh hope in new life. “People form bands because we’re lost,” she tells Kevin EG Perry. “We’re like: ‘Hello, we’re looking for our home here on Earth.’”