Tag: folk

  • LateNightTales album review – various artists (The Cinematic Orchestra)

    LateNightTales album review – various artists (The Cinematic Orchestra)

    Anyone assembling a compilation that includes folksy guitarist Nick Drake, minimalist composer Steve Reich and MOR crooner Burt Bacharach should be carted off to an asylum. There’s no way these acts belong on the same playlist but that’s exactly what Jason Swinscoe, the man behind The Cinematic Orchestra, has done — and done well, it […]

  • Ma Fleur album review – The Cinematic Orchestra

    Ma Fleur album review – The Cinematic Orchestra

    Jason Swinscoe, the man behind The Cinematic Orchestra, has never been one to serve up cheerful tunes, but his sombre mood has plummeted to new depths on this recording. Ma Fleur‘s a soundtrack to an unmade film, but if it were ever shot, it’d no doubt be a tragedy. There’s no denying that this is […]