2017 was for me the year of the Torba. First persuader was the release from the fine fellows who also brought the abovementioned Michael Ellingford. Then the long trawl, poking around, scraping barrels, scooping up the previously missed- which could be a metaphor for what I like about the project. Very deliberate, patient, exploratory quality, as fragile as occasionally ripped raw, fine ear for detail. No one pick, no, I'll have them all. But all the recent thingies I've encountered are keepers.
