" data-original-title="" title="">Loke Risberg has long since passed that milestone since taking up the guitar aged ten. Nor is it just her virtuosity that compels on Vilddjur, her third album as leader, but her emotional shading and the compositional sophistication at play too. These nine refined yet visceral tunes also suggest that Risberg's musical vision is broader than the trio—and occasionally quartet—format with which she has toured extensively around the world.

From the elegant understatement of the opener "Leo," Risberg demonstrates a heightened melodic and harmonic sensibility. Her soloing is fluid, yet unhurried, and arresting in its mazy unpredictability. Pianist Oskar Lindstr?m and drummer Rasmus Svensson-Blixt both stretch out, the latter over a joint guitar/piano vamp, while bassist Arvid Jullander plots a steady rhythmic compass. Svensson comes into his own with an extended solo spot on the more contemporary "Jubal's Jug," though bass duties shared fairly equally across the nine tracks with