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Review by Michael Quinn
Hayley Westenra shot to attention five years ago at the age of 16. Since then she has released seven albums into various national and international territories and contributed to a dozen others, out of which two permutations of greatest hits compilat...
Review by Camilla Pia
Nathan Williams has never been one for welcoming listeners into his world with open arms. In fact he's made things decidedly difficult since the first few Wavves tracks spread like wildfire around the web in 2008. Two hastily thrown together records ...
Review by Colin Irwin
In 1992 Kate Rusby was, you fondly imagine, a nervy teenager who couldn't have dreamed of the outstanding career that lay ahead. The notion of a gentle young singer from Yorkshire with a mostly traditional repertoire lighting up a largely moribund Br...
Review by Peter Marsh
Trombonist Nils Wogram is pretty much unknown over here but has made a name for himself on the Eurojazz circuit, and this double CD is a fine showcase of his talent as both a player and composer.
CD one is given over to Wogram's sextet, an all brass ...
Review by P J Lucas
It's long been my conviction that writing about music is one of the most widespread follies of modern times.
Each month, hundreds of thousands of words about music are written by people wearing converse trainers. What does it mean? Why bother descri...
Review by Sid Smith
Revealing a finely attuned sense of proportion and balance, the six pieces which make up the album never fall short of their initial promise.
There's also several surprisingly dramatic moments such as on the eight minute Telescope, in which cascadin...
