Music / folkemusik

Flow and change


Reviews (2)


Americana UK

d. 29. Sep. 2013

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Keith Hargreaves

d. 29. Sep. 2013

"One of the things that hasn't [changed] is the quality of her voice. An extraordinary instrument that is given full reign here, couched as it is in beautiful string arrangements and soaring melodies ... This is genuine folk from the English tradition, but it has taken note of the progression of the tradition. We have nods to Jim Moray in the arrangements, particularly "Beautiful Child (Freya's Song)", and there is a sense that progression may step over into progressive in some of the arrangements. This was after all the woman who formed a band mainly consisting of the future members of King Crimson".


Folk and Roots

2013

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David Kidman

2013

"[Her previous] records have invariably had in common a purposeful quality in the lyrics, while the musical idiom has ranged through folk-prog and gentle psych to jazzier, more avant-garde climes, with 2010's fine Talking With Strangers persuasively marrying folk and avant-garde. Flow And Change shifts the musical ambit onto chamber-folk, predominantly piano-based with sensitively textured string arrangements, although album opener Black Dog Dreams provides (at any rate musically) more of a bridge from Judy's previous albums with its ghostly psych-prog effects (recalling early Pink Floyd or King Crimson) and brightly menacing aura. And of course, reintroduces us to Judy's trademark unmistakable vocals, as coolly sensual as ever ... Flow And Change is a maturely crafted treasure of an album, and may well fast come to be regarded as Judy's finest yet".