Hypertension MusicJacqui McShee, Gerry Conway & Spencer Covens :
                     About Thyme (UK,1995)**°'

This is a fine example of how a talent can evolve with our times without betraying its potential nature. The nineties were not very interesting times for s/sw or folk music. But there are still more good examples to find there than in the black hole of the eighties. This surely is one of the slightly better examples. It's nothing like what Jacqui did with Pentangle. The first song is jazz fusion on an Indian rhythm. The rest are folk like songs performed with more modern jazz fusion like instrumentation or environmental pop folk, pleasant to listen to. Only one track sound much too modern pop oriented to me. The track in smooth jazz style is also the last thing I would prefer to expect from Jacqui. The overall record is very enjoyable.

Webpage (with sound file) at http://www.folkcorp.co.uk/pent/new_tyme.htm
(from http://www.folkcorp.co.uk/pent/index.htm) & http://www.folkcorp.co.uk/jukebox/juke_pnt.htm Contact : jacqui@damsons.demon.co.uk
Other soundfile : http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/mp3/Pentangle%20-%20Jabalpur.mp3
Line-up details at http://home.wanadoo.nl/hvandenberk/rare/95odd01.htm
Reviews of this album at http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~pdcs/crvw0014.htm
Another McShee album review at http://georgegraham.com/reviews/mcshee.html
Pentangle sound file with overview at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/folk/artist_database/pages/pentangle.shtml
Overview of later Pentangle and of some solo works at http://www.hypertension-music.de/hypertension/english/pentangle.htm
Singer-Songwriters/folk presents : Pentangle solo->
Jacqui McShee

CD (1995)
See also a few solo works of Bert Jansch reviewed on next page->
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