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Northstream Music   Monte Northstrom : After All... (Can,2008)***

Songs and stories of people and places (2000) was one of the first albums I reviewed on my site. Back then and in those days, I was, while marking new directions and preferences, loaded by expectations, and therefore couldn’t find the comfort and perhaps maturity to really see what there was to offer outside certain scopes and taste, and also could not find many words to describe it. I just didn’t feel the same magic from Ptarmigan, felt the influences of bar performances where people won’t give attention to all, with loss of the previously felt dreamy atmosphere, formed by circumstances and multiple talents, and so, for me it felt as if the creative inspirations suffered from it.

Eight years later, Monte came up with a resume of his own thoughts and feelings during the years of Ptarmigan, before and after, until now, and with this release deliberately wanted to show the connection within his life with all that. It gave me the best chance to feel what he really wanted to say, made in best circumstances and fine fine cooperative musicians (like Peter Gustavsson, from Sweden from whom I have heard years ago some demo of acid folk inspired songs).  The song titles are translated into 10 languages (including Dutch).

The album is split into two parts, starting with "After All... Songs of Fate & Mortality", which is said to be about some life & death experiences. It is a song cycle about the loss of a relationship and the memory of some unaccomplished moments from the past, daydreaming on its unity, and trying to reach a future meeting point beyond eternity, while taking certain metaphors which reveal that such a moment will increase the awareness of who we really are, as a new meeting point of consciousness. In the context of the record sleeve, a native Indian paining in the form of a shield or drum, it gives this song cycle a kind shamanic wish and cry to transcend all this, but on a normal human level. 

The songs are performed and well produced with a full band arrangement (which is fundamentally guitars, bass, and drums, with some additional instruments like soprano sax, harmonica, keyboards..). This gives these songs a rather well arranged rock feeling. Monte’s enjoyable voice sounds especially most terrific, and with certain surprising melodic variety, on “Precipice”.

The second part, "Ptarmigan & the Waiting" is based upon contemporary of previously un-produced recordings of previous groups, Ptarmigan and The Waiting. Four of these tracks, the best part, should have been added to the original Ptarmigan LP. We hear a moody improvisation on 12-string with drums, bass, soprano-sax and harmonica, followed by a song related with the seashore perspective and the thoughts provoked by the place. I guess the tracks are re-recorded for this album. “Song of The East” has a small segment of strange singing adapted like on Pharoah Sanders “Tembi”, but of course in a compact song-related folk-rock context. The style of these songs fit best with the first cycle, and unites mostly the song based context of Ptarmigan with the new ideas, with mellotron and organ and guitars more as an arranged, texturing background, and a small, a more down to earth improvised part (on “deep green”), enjoyable.

Monte's Home Page at www.islandnet.com/monte
Info on Montstrom : http://www.cdisle.ca/store/en-us/dept_299.html
with this release : http://www.cdisle.ca/store/home.html?target=p_1440.html&lang=en-us
or on http://clear-spot.nl/catalog/view.php?item_id=271110
Other review on http://www.geocities.com/asdfasedf2/yetanother36.html
More information on Ptarmigan : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/Ptarmigan.html
* I only heard sparsly some of Bert Jansch latest products. Some of them were very good ! Unfortunately these products are not easy to find. One of the only truly succesful tribute albums that I know of (in general)  is the following one dedicated to Bert Jansch :
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 ssw 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

From Clive Palmer I did not hear much of his later records. I only heard from other people there are some records to recommend, like "Three Dreamers" (recollecting his days with Williamson). Anyone can tell me their opinion about his other releases ? I reviewed the latest Jugband release at my folk review pages.
GO TO REVIEW PAGE 2 : (singers with 70's interest)->
or go to overview all Singer-Songwriter related pages here
MushroomSimon Finn : Pass The Distance (UK,1970?)***°°

Simon Finn’s first record was an, at times, weird and vèry psychedelic song record, with several beautiful but also various psychedelic-overemotional songs, accompanied by acoustic guitars, handpercussion, some electric guitars, some keyboards and a few other instruments, some drums, sometimes slightly slipping in rhythm and tonalities in a few tracks, making its own distinctive style. Very special is “Fades (pass the distance)” and the very "emotional" “Jerusalem”.
I found the bootlegged LP reissue in the 90's. Now it seems to be reissued by Durtro after an earlier other bootleg reissue on CD. I haven't checked this new CD reissue yet to compare to the LP version...

Audio : "Very Close Friend","Where's your master gone"(or here), "Jerusalem" (or here),
"Big White Car"
Homepage : http://www.simonfinn.co.uk/
Other review : http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1643
& http://www.othermusic.com/2004july21update.html
& http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/sfinn_distance.html
& http://www.theunbrokencircle.co.uk/...
Label entry : http://www.jnanarecords.com/newsf.html

Durtro      Simon Finn : Magic Moments (UK,2005)****

This is the first new release by Simon Finn after 30 years, and it’s nice to see nothing of his honest slightly open-emotional playing has changed over the years. The songs are more sparsely arranged, but with well played acoustic guitar, and just some flute and violin by Joolie Wood. The songs don’t really need much more to sound good. The emotionality from the early album and songs concerns are the same. The song perspective has matured, while Simon's essential nature remains unchanged. I wish all singer-songwriters had this kind of musical stability, even when it has its own specific tiny human so called "unstable" aspects that make it even better, more human, and which gives it an integral musicality. Just the kind of "raw" "inner struggle" to speak out of an earlier age, is now more tempered. It's not replaced by something like a different vision but by continuity strength in grabbing its own visions. Well done.

Audio : "Wanted You", "Walkie Talkie", "Eros"
Info : http://www.midheaven.com/bin/search.cgi/datedartist=simon%20finn
& http://www.durtro.com/newsf.html
Review : http://www.tonevendor.com/item/19396
Label entry : http://www.jnanarecords.com/newsf.html

"Someone asked about this record a while back.  After some hesitation, I picked it up (suspicious of revivals).  I think it's a thoughtful record.  The theme of alienation is explored in simple, mostly acoustic guitar and vocals, arrangements. The production is plain and welcome.  The lyrics are very simon finn.  He turns a phrase in a very particular way.  Little details complementing the universal theme of lonliness, fear, and isolation. I would not have been disappointed if this came out a couple years after 'pass the distance'.  The fact that it was recorded recently makes it a very pleasant suprise."  Bryan C.

"For me it's far better than 'Pass The Distance' but will disappoint many. Not because it lacks quality but because the surface eccentricity is removed"  Mark Coyle


10 to 1 Records      Simon Finn : Accidental Life (UK,2007)****

Just a quick listen in a shop made me think Simon’s voice wasn’t recorded properly here (more bass) and it sounded much more neo-folk to me compared to his previous one; Simon luckily gave me a review download to check it out better, and it proved that my first listen was very conditional, and my first impression with it, through circumstances, seemed to have given a wrong impression. There’s that part of the neo-folk interest that Simon’s inspirations, while caring for people, deal with the darkest facts in reality, just like Current 93, with poetic words of only seemingly simple facts/words, but where I can pick out many sentences that easily are able to touch the listener that much that they bring a whole range of triggering experiences with conscious feelings around them, with a message that opens up the deeper lying experiences that often remain unconscious... Perhaps this way, this album is even an improvement to his previous works. The emotionality is strong, and some arrangements are done by neo-folk related admirer, Joolie Wood (current 93) on cello (I have reviewed her solo mcd here) and other contributions from the likes of Karl Blake, Danielle Dax and Rose Macdowall. A strong expression.

Audio : http://cdbaby.com/cd/simonfinn/from/payplay/ & http://payplay.fm/simonfinn
& http://www.myspace.com/simonfinn
Video on youtube
Info on Simon Finn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Finn
Info on Simon Finn's homepage : http://www.simonfinn.co.uk/index.php?catid=11&blogid=1
Article : http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/...
Other reviews and remarks : http://www.lastplanetojakarta.com/forums/index.php?topic=8895.0
Dutch reviews : http://www.goddeau.com/content/view/3833
& http://forum.goddeau.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3849


HOW MANY SINGER SONGWRITERS FROM THE MAGICAL ERA
STILL MAKE INTERESTING RECORDS ? 

SINGER/SONGWRITERS BEFORE AND AFTER :

Let's review some examples.
I checked some names who had "magic" in the sixties and seventies :

* Bert Jansch, John Renbourne and Jacqui McShee from Pentangle,
* Steve Tilston and Chris Thompson from the Village Thing label,
* Clive Palmer and Malcolm LeMaistre from the Incredible String Band,
* Michael Chapman, Roy Harper
* Kevin Ayers,
* Sonja Christina from Curved Air,
* Monte Nordstrom from Ptarmigan
* Simon Finn
* Wizz Jones (is reviewed on next page)

Musicians who kept their full dignity and who evolved very positively are for instance Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Rebourne, Steve Tilston, Wizz Jones (he some review on ). Also Roy Harper surprised me (see reviews). See also the Michael Chapman's review.
Market Square Rec.                "People on the highway"
                                     - a Bert Jansch Encomium- (UK,2001)****  (=extr.good/perfect)

According to my own opinion I believe this is a splendid compilation, not only to get to know Bert Jansch and his songs, but also for a lot of singer-songwriters worth to investigate, as for its fine interpretations. The thick booklet provides us good introductions about them too. I asked our specialist in Singer-Songwriters to make a more detailed review :

"Over recent years there have been a plethora of "tribute" albums, most of which turn out to be fawning, self-congratulatory affairs, with artists known and unknown imitating some hero or heroine and producing bloodless copies that leave any discerning listener, seeking out the original artist to renew contact with some essence or spirit that these respectful imitators never quite come to communicate. As far for the course these tribute compilations are usually a failure with only two or three or five tracks that have any convincing or lasting appeal. This was the thought that I came to me when I was presented with these 2 CD Bert Jansch tribute. It was with some trepadition then that I approached the 26 songs presented. As Colin Harper writes in his booklet notes "Bert Jansch has a style and sound that is instantly recognisably his own". He continues, that "the obvious downside to having such a unique voice is that the material becomes inseparable from the artist, sacrosanct, unbeatable or just plain unimaginable for someone else to cover." This is certainly a comment as which I concur, I thought as I read these lines with some foreboding, I started listening to the CD's. The first listen revealed a number of gems from stalwarts of the sixties/early seventies folk-club boom in the UK Roy Harper, Al Stewart, Wizz Jones, Steve Tilston, Rob Noaks, Ralph McTell. A couple of subsequent casual listens and a number of old contributions of Brook Williams, Martin Jenkins, Chris Smither, Maggie Boyle grew on me. Finally, one morning I decided to give the whole thing a concentrated listen with headphones and so my resistance was finally blown away by the sheer overall quality of the individual interpretations. The younger ones like Johnny Marr's Healers, "A woman like you", Bernard Butler's "When I get home" Johnny 'Guitar' Hodge, "Step Back" are utterly convincing. Eleonar's McEvoy stark rendition of "Where did my life go ?" is so evocative of, as she puts it "someone who is looking on to their own life like a stranger, and is powerless to change or regain control of that life." A beautiful version. As someone who has diverse listening appetites, familiar but not overfamiliar with Bert Jansch's music trough to his more recent releases, I was pleasantly surprised by the sense of integrity and individuality that each of the contributors brought to these songs. "People on the Highway" reveals itself as a real labour of affection for an artist who's work has an essential and unique place in music. I should mention that the lost track on the first CD, 1965 by John Challis, although not a Bert Jansch song, but as a John Challis song written in 1970 (is a worthy inclusion) captures something of the spirit of those times when befriended the unknown Bert Jansch. I have name-checked 15 of the 26 contributors, but surprisingly, considering my opening paragraph, I have nothing but praise for those not mentioned all of whom have something to recommend them. As Collin Harper writes in the excellent booklet : "clearly, I am biased on this, but I can honestly say that, to me, every contribution is a good one  and some of them great." I hope that another generation of listeners are trown willingly to discover this collection and the music of Bert Jansch, also the contributors involved. A new folk/Singer-songwriting boom anyone ! Now, where's my guitar.." Lawrence Woolfe*

label at http://www.themusicindex.com/marketsquare/ with this item here
2002 album of Bert Jansch is reviewed here ; 2006 album of Bert Jansch is reviewed here
A new guitarist inspired by Bert Jansch :
Private         Cathy Horner : They don't bite (US,1997)***°

I found a beautiful track on an almost worthless radio sampler and checked her at her Web Address. Her full CD show me her guitar finger picking is extremely professional. Her singing was OK but not that incredible as her guitar playing, but most tracks were instrumental. I recognized her talent immediatly and asked our specialist L.Woolfe to check this item out. That's what he wrote :

"I first heard Cathy Horner on a compilation CD and she stuck out like a pearl. Her finger-style guitar playing immediately reminded me of the British guitar playing scene à la Bert Jansch and John Renbourne. And this 1997 CD doesn't disappoint. Eight out of the 10 tracks (all originals) here are guitar instrumentals in the afore-mentioned style and I would think be of interest for guitar players and folk enthusiasts everywhere. Technically impressive the pieces are well played and recorded. In fact the guitar is quite gorgeous throughout. Of the 2 songs of the CD "I am woven" and "Kingfish in the cave" the latter works the best. Neither song sets me on fire but "Kingfish" may grow because it's basically a solo track with vocals and overdubs and other instrumentation by Mark Smoot coming in half way through. I am woven" however is overdone complete with an over the top electric guitar solo. The vocals are not Cathy's strong point, but being young that area may improve in time. In terms of fingerstyle guitar playing however, Cathy Horner is strong and undoubtly gifted. Recommended for reasons already given earlier. I can not think of other any female guitar player who is as good as this."    L.Woolfe

Web-Page at http://www.crosslink.net/~jhorner/index.shtml
Contact : jhorner@crosslink.net
Review with sound files : http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cathyhorner
Review : http://www.guitar9.com/undiscov24d.html

From John Renbourn I heard some very medieval inspired projects after Pentangle (with the John Renbourne group), A few solo albums (with bluesy and folk tracks and wonderful sitar tracks), a Pentangle like record (called "A Maid in Bedlam"), a very good Renaissance inspired project ("Sir Lancelot.."), a very good guitar album, The Black Balloon, and his beautiful '85 album "The Nine Maidens" with superb guitar work and the wonderful long title track. I have not heard all his later work yet.
Sience Friction   Roy Harper : The Green Man (UK,2000)****

I heard this must be one of the best releases of Roy Harper since many years, and it really sounds so it indeed. (I did not hear all of his releases). Roy Harper I like to remember mostly for its tremendous masterpiece "Stormcock" with 2 very long tracks, masterly arranged / composed, an acid folk monster, and for one of the most beautiful songs ever, "Another Day" (on "Flat Baroque and Beserk"). Beside that, he had various other classic moments. Here the music is again very enjoyable, and it's guitar/voice dominated music at his most perfect. For English is not my proper language I always listen to the mood of the music at first, and this works as a perfect listen. When I listen more closely / read to the texts it's also clear Roy Harper still is amongst the greatest songwriters too. There's not much more to add for me. Very recommended.

Webpage : www.royharper.com & http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper.html
www.steamradio.com/stormcock (with sound files)
small reviews : http://www.scaruffi.com/vol2/harper.html
Siren Rec.         Michael Chapman : Americana (2001)***°

I heard Michael's first 5 records, and his last 4 records. The voice of Chapman became older, gives an impression of loneliness. His former release was already with some more attention to the guitar. This release is full of guitar instrumentals (with sparse very fitting percussion), and it's not dull at all. The full concept is with a matured playing and a very warm production. It is in fact a very nice release. The music is more meditative than the impression the booklet's artwork gives.

Webpage of the master at http://www.michaelchapman.co.uk/
Chapman's full discography with review at http://www.lesk.demon.co.uk/pages/mikechapman.htm
Label entry at : http://www.siren-music.com/chapman.html
and www.revival-music.demon.com Contact : siren@revivel-music.demon.co.uk
"Navigation" review with sound file at http://www.planetrecords.co.uk/chapman.html

'Windows/Wrecked' again is reviewed on http://singersong.homestead.com/reviews.html
Market Square Kevin Ayers : Still life with guitar (2002)

Most CD's or LP's I start to listen to I know mostly from the first seconds how much worthwhile it will be to dig out the gems, and I am rarely wrong, even when of course there are some projects where you have to take time for it. Kevin Ayers CD starts by saying "there's not a lot to say.." and that might be the most appropriate introduction. The first track is pumping pompous light weight folk pop. But we also have some maudlin sentimental middle of the road songs, may be imitating Leonard Cohen on the third and tenth track. But we also have a country and western hoedown, "There goes Johnny". "Ghost Train" has an interesting guitar sound, but the song never arise above the ordinary. The following tracks are also completely uninspired. The "M16" track is ok, where the rhythm follows the guitar solo nicely. The first bonus track (an alternative version, not really knowing why it should be there) has a recognisable Danny Thompson bass but is also nothing more but a light blues workout, followed by very mediocre country blues song. The CD ends with a dried out anecdotal tale.

PS. Kevin Ayers was part of the musically very inventive and energetic Canterbury music group  Soft Machine before. I heard also some interesting solo items from the 70's.

Other review of this item : http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~marwak/waws1/stillrev.htm
More information about aditional musicians : http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~marwak/waws1/still2.htm
Interview with Kevin Ayers : http://www.writenyc.com/kevin_ayers_interview.htm
(Mostly the early) story and discography of Kevin Ayers at http://www.gepr.net/ar.html#KEVINAYERS
Kevin Ayers Tree at http://www.macgraphic.co.jp/ich/kevin_ayers/

Robert Wyatt more recent releases are reviewed at http://singersong.homestead.com/Singer.html
Market Square Sonja Christina : Songs from the Acid Folk (UK,1990)*° (ok)

There is a difference when music comes forth from a love life, out of a environment full of challenging ideas, love or other living expressions or music meant for gigs in bars. In the last category the attention goes to a certain amount of entertainment, a minimum of noisemaking or loudness in expressing and a certain recognisability, with a certain primitivism in rhythm to build upon hopefully more brighter ideas. Sonja felt back on the second area, possibly meant folk gigs in folk bars. The essence of "Acid Folk" here is not its own spontaneous source, but rather as a remembrance for inspiration. Curved Air had very nice compositions full of experimentation with beautiful violin, even some electronic and nice vocal parts (by Sonja). Hearing this album, although not at all an expression of unhappiness, I can't believe Sonja had a beautiful life at these day of her recordings. Most compositions on this album might have derived from folkbar live expressions. It arrived in 1990 and it was Sonja's first solo album which is now re-released with some bonus tracks. Certain tracks have nicer instrumentation ideas without reaching that point of magic. The more quiet "Acid Folkpop" passages I like the most, because these are more modest and fitting with the musicians abilities or amount of available creativity. Most beautiful of all for me is the bonus track "Penumbra" (with cello,..). Resumed I believe the "new sound" has potential, but it is not developped much yet. People interested in Sonja have to try this album to find an opinion on that for themselves.

Neil : "Actually it wasn't her first solo album.  The first was simply entitled "Sonja Kristina" and was released around 1980 on the Chopper label.  I don't think it's on CD. "Songs from the Acid Folk" isn't an acid folk album really (!) or any kind of folk for that matter but it does have some nice songs.  "Colder Than a Rose" is a lovely track and really shows her deep alto voice at its best in my opinion.  It's well documented that she went through a bad time following her marriage break-up with Stuart Copeland (the Curved Air drummer who went on to join The Police) and I suppose some of these personal songs reflect this." "If you want more on this try the Yahoo group dedicated to Curved Air : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/curved-air. Sonja herself joins in (as "SK"), and has given her own views on her albums in the past, so does Rob Martin the original bass player of Curved Air, and Francis Monkman keeps an eye on things too.  Mike Wedgewood (Curved Air, Caravan) has also been a member at some times."

Curved Air reviews page at http://starling.rinet.ru/music/curved.htm
Label entry : http://www.themusicindex.com/marketsquare/skristina1.htm
Steve Tilston : An Accoustic Confusion (UK,1971)***°
Market Square Steve Tilston : Life by Misadventure (UK,1987)****'

Steve Tilston released a very nice and acclaimed s/sw album back in 1971 called "An acoustic Confusion". I especially liked the most melancholic romantism involved. I was very curious for his newer releases. Hearing this release was far above all expectations. I never expected a musician to gain so much in magic he already had, for magic is something unique which is rarely repeated or ever regained. This album not only is very exceptional, it even sound better or at least slightly matured comparing his debut album. It has reminiscences to Nick Drake, but even more likely you can compare it (-this is : the production and the arrangements, and the colour of the voice-) with the acoustic period of John Martyn, with the additional development of a wider range of guitar styles. "Tse Tse Fly Shuffle" as a guitar instrumental, contains finger picking from the same level as Bert Jansch during his Jack Orion period or Leon Kottke during his debut album. The album ends with an essential bonus track of 22 minutes, "Rhapsody", an interesting, beautifully composed and arranged Celtic folk suite, making this album even more recommended and a must to dig out.

Steve Tilston Home Page (with some soundfiles of older albums) at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tilston_boyle/
Contact at mail@steve-tilston.co.uk
Another Steve Tilston page at http://www.freefolk.com/tilston.htm
Details about this album : http://www.musikfolk.com/albumdetails-tilston-steve-lifebymisdaventure.htm
Review with sound files at http://www.folktrax.com/mas005.htm
Another soundfile : "Simplicity"
Review : http://www.highlandnet.com/events/ent/bios/e065.html
& http://www.pmpr.co.uk/msm7.htm
Label entry at http://www.themusicindex.com/marketsquare/tilston1.htm
First album at http://www.rockinworld.com/scenescof/tilston.htm
Some pictures (and one review) at http://www.folking.com/gallery/steve_tilston/index.shtml
Review of other albums at http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p00194.htm
& http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p00387.htm
PS. The label of the reissue of Chris Thompson's first record did other recommended reissues like Wizz Jones and Sun Also Rises which are recommended.
Web Site at http://www.rockinworld.com  Also the first Steve Tilston was reissued by them:
UniqueGravity         Malcolm Le Maistre : Nothing Strange (UK,1994)

Very curious I was also for Malcolm LeMaistre's last CD. I remembered his name, because some of the best new tracks from the BBC sessions ("On Air") from 1970 from the Incredible String Band were by Malcolm LeMaistre. The CD is well recorded, but here I heard over-earnest too wordy songs with very uninspired melody lines, although the instrumentation is well recorded.
The overall effect is one of effort devoid of artistry, tiresome to listen to.
1. Scenescof          Chris Thompson (NZ,1973)****°

Not to miss item in vein of Nick Drake, Donovan, Al Stewart. Very intimate poetic finger picking guitar, with some Indian instrumentation adds by Magic Carpet members. Interpretation of Yeats "Song of the wandering Aengus" is wonderful. A highly recommended gem.

Soundfile of "her hair was long"

2. Wild Rose Music        Chris Thompson : Time Flies (NZ,2000)*°°

Having been very enthusiastic about his 70's solo album I was disappointed hearing this album full of more simplicity kind of homefeel blues, and tramp country. Also the production did put everything to the foreground destroying the last part of magic. The quiet and very nice song "The arrow and the song" on a text of H.W. Longfellow could have been much better with another production, but it still remains a beautiful song....

Contact Chris Thompson at wildrosemusic@xtra.co.nz
Website at http://www.chris-thompson.co.nz/
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