An very good cross-section of work
Matthew Hayden | Northern California USA | 03/14/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This album is a sampler of work from several of John Renbourn's albums. As usual with compilations of his music, it's an eclectic and well-organized mix of pieces, seamlessly blending solo fingerstyle guitar tunes such as "English Dance" and "The Moon Shines Bright" with vocal traditional songs like "The Maid on the Shore" or "John Barleycorn." In addition, the album contains two ambitious and successful extended form multi-instrumental pieces centered on acoustic guitar: "The Black Balloon" and "The Nine Maidens"; the former of these is a treat."