Siwan Rhys

Ryoko Akama: Songs for a Shed

by John Eyles
February 9, 2022

With Songs for a Shed being the seventh Another Timbre album that Ryoko Akama has appeared on—either as player, composer or both, dating back to 2014's Next to Nothing alongside Bruno Duplant and Dominic Lash—she is certainly an established member of the label's “family." That is borne out by the fact that this album's compositions were commissioned by the label and Apartment House pianist Philip Thomas in autumn 2019, the second commission from the label for the ensemble, following in ...