Category Archives: Music

Bert Jansch’s The River Sessions

Posted on 22nd October 2016 by David Kidney

Bert Jansch is one of the great guitar players of any time. He is not as well known, perhaps as some of his contemporaries…but he taught many of them all they know. If you’ve heard Donovan, or Jimmy Page, fingerpick “Angie” … Continue reading →

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Various Artists’ Gamelan of Central Java, X: Sindhen Trio

Posted on 21st October 2016 by Robert

“Sindhen” refers to the solo part in a gamelan, usually sung by a woman pesindhen (soloist). In this collection, part of the extensive series produced by John Noise Manis on the gamelan of Central Java, we are presented with two … Continue reading →

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Steve Reich’s The ECM Recordings

Posted on 20th October 2016 by Robert

It was with some misgivings that I undertook to review this collection of the music of Steve Reich, which includes Music for 18 Musicians (1976), Violin Phase (1967), Music for a Large Ensemble (1978), Octet (1979), and Tehillim (1981). It’s … Continue reading →

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  Ruth MacKenzie’s Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden

Posted on 18th October 2016 by Diverse Voices

Chuck Lipsig penned this review. The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic, as collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot in the second quarter of the 19th century. In Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden, Ruth MacKenzie, who is based in the Minneapolis … Continue reading →

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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms’ Innocent Road

Posted on 17th October 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

When you listen to an album and you can’t tell which are originals and which are classic country covers, that’s a good sign. I was pretty sure that the opening track of Innocent Road by Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms … Continue reading →

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Paul Cranford and Friends’ The Lighthouse

Posted on 16th October 2016 by Diverse Voices

Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review for Folk Tales. Paul Cranford is a lighthouse keeper, and that is where the title for this disc came from. It is filled with enchanting Cape Breton Fiddle Music. There are a total of … Continue reading →

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Dervish’s Midsummer’s Night

Posted on 16th October 2016 by Diverse Voices

Brendan Foreman penn this review. Midsummer’s Night starts strong with an eponymous “full speed ahead” set of reels. Exuberant and vigorous, the tunes in this set give each of the members of Dervish a full work-out. This is followed by the … Continue reading →

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Dervish’s at the end of the day 

Posted on 16th October 2016 by Diverse Voices

Brendan Foreman penn this review. By the time they recorded end of the day, Dervish had honed its sound to a rather fine edge. It is clear that years of playing have paid off, resulting in nuanced, even stately ensemble-playing. Their … Continue reading →

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Liam Clancy’s The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour

Posted on 16th October 2016 by Diverse Voices

This is the autobiography of Liam Clancy, the youngest member of the Irish folk music group, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.  Liam and The Clancy Brothers were responsible for making Irish Folk Music and Aran sweaters a fad in … Continue reading →

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Courtney Granger’s Beneath Still Waters

Posted on 16th October 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

If you’ve got the classic country music jones, you can scratch that itch right here with Courtney Granger’s Beneath Still Waters. And by jones, I just might be referring to George Jones, whose influence is strong on this knockout disc … Continue reading →

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