Holland pursues an old-time Americana sound, without the academic self-consciousness or the intrusive musicianly flair that often soils such endeavours. |
Few pianists play the instrument so beautifully, so lovingly, so musicianly in manner, and with such regard for its real nature and its enormous literature. |
It was also at this point, when compositional procedures reached a degree of stability and universality unmatched since Renaissance polyphony, that composition began to be taken seriously as a separate musicianly discipline. |
Jennie Tourel, one of the smartest, most musicianly singers of our time, delivers a passionate account. |
More than 40 songs breezed by in the concert, nearly every one packing musicianly marvels into its two or three minutes. |
In strict musicianly terms, this would be my album of the year without a shadow of doubt. |