Lisa Gerrard

Rob Grierson

How strange is Lisa Gerrard? Very strange. But very, very good.

Gerrard is one-half the Australian art-goth duo Dead Can Dance. Her most recent solo album, Silver Tree, is a dark tone poem, an opera in languages almost entirely of her own invention. And a barrel of laughs compared to The Mirror Pool, its predecessor.

If you're in the mood for something different, you could do way worse.