A compendium of reviews of recordings from Owain Phyfe and the New World Renaissance Band.
Renaissance Magazine
reviews: Live The Legend, Once Upon A Time, Odyssey, and Where Beauty Moves and Wit Delights |
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Magical Blend Magazine reviews Odyssey | |
Tudor Times reviews Live the Legend, Where Beauty Move and Wit Delights, Sweet Was the Song, Odyssey, Otter's Pool, and Poets, Bards, and Singers of Song | |
Rambles reviews Where Beauty Moves and Wit Delights | |
GreenMan reviews Where Beauty Moves and Wit Delights | |
Martin F. Kohn reviews Poets, Bards, & Singers of Song | |
At The Faire reviews Poets, Bards, & Singers of Song | |
Gypsy Flores reviews Tales from the Vineyard |
What classical music media moguls have to say about Owain Phyfe and the New World Renaissance Band.
Lisa Lynne | Windham Hill Recording Artist |
"I have enjoyed every one of The New World Renaissance Band albums over many years." (11/1/2000) |
Martin F. Kohn |
Theater Critic "This is mellow music, mostly about love....
it also makes an ideal vaccine
against road rage; new vehicles should come with
an Phyfe recording as standard equipment." (09/19/99) | |
Cynthia Canty | WKBD-TV WNIC-FM Detroit, MI |
"I can assure you on those nights when sad and tragic stories leave me drained and demoralized, Owain Phyfe's music is one of the finest cures imaginable. Takes you right out of the 20th Century and into the 16th." (Detroit Free Press, 05/30/96) |
Walt Haake | WDVR-FM Sergeantsville, NJ |
"My appreciation of Owain Phyfe and the NWRB is such that it inspired me to create a radio program, the Mists of Avalon. The program can be heard every Saturday evening and on-demand. Most programs feature a track by the NWRB or Cantiga, as well as related music by many other performers." |
David Blum |
WKSU-FM Kent State Univ., OH | "...I heard this voice, it was clear, it was distinct, it had a style all its own, I looked to my left and saw Owain Phyfe singing songs of love and songs from the Renaissance Period. I was totally caught off guard. Not only is he a distinct singer but the band itself has a style all of its own." |
Davis Gloff | WQRS-FM WYUR-AM Birmingham, MI |
"I can't speak for the other guys on the air at WYUR, but I have played maestro Phyfe's stuff several times. As a matter of fact, I sometimes have to remind myself not to play him every blessed time I'm on. Since I do fill ins, it's not that terribly often, but his work is so good, I play him as often as I dare." (Now heard on ClassicalMusicDetroit.COM) |
Gypsy Flores |
KUSP-FM Santa Cruz, CA |
"Owain Phyfe has to possess one of the most compelling voices around -- his voice is sweet and expert without sounding overly trained... I was immediately enchanted" |
Maggie Boleyn | The Tudor Times | "The Renaissance speaks and sings, and it's voice is Owain Phyfe." |