Monday, October 17 2011
Frigg: Grannen
Grannen finds its own level of happiness and nests there, immaculate.
Wednesday, January 19 2011
Various Artists: Louisiana Cajun and Creole Music
Rinzler chose his musicians for their tough strength, and for a quality you could label authenticity, or purity, or, as Dewey Balfa did: isolation.
Friday, March 19 2010
Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole: L’Ésprit Créole
The music has a tidal drag, which is also the pull or drag of teasing.
Friday, October 2 2009
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Irish Folk
Geoff Willis, the compiler, must have been aiming to put together a concise round-up of living musicians who show their own fidelity to established styles. This comes off pretty well.
Wednesday, September 30 2009
Väsen: Väsen Street
The gravity of their playing gives each song a feeling of being presented or framed, as if on a stage, illuminated.
Wednesday, June 17 2009
Betse Ellis: Don’t You Want to Go?
Proof that Americana is still winning her over.
Monday, April 20 2009
Liz Carroll & John Doyle: Double Play
The beauty of this album lies in the way the instruments manage to keep a buttery, human impressionism even while they're playing swiftly.
Tuesday, August 21 2007
Väsen: Linnaeus Väsen
The three string musicians are all as good as they were on Live in Japan, yet I like this album less.
