Hiraeth

German percussionist David Kuckhermann had played with Dead Can Dance on one of their reunion tours so perhaps little surprise that he and Lisa Gerrard, as ever exploring further possibilities in collaboration, worked with him to create the 2018 album Hiraeth. The striking contrast of rhythms and vocals that Gerrard had demonstrated back to her earliest work continues here, while the addition of further musical elements creates an entrancing setting, not always as ritualistic as some of her other work but among her most romantic and mood-stirring.