The latter, happily, is a trait shared by the rest of the band. A satisfyingly jazzy first offering. Another entry in the Debbie Friedman sweepstakes, a sweet-voiced folkie who alternates settings of liturgy with original songs. As the old joke goes, this is a good example of this sort of thing if you like this sort of thing. Silver uses more sophisticated instrumentation with a vaguely Middle-Eastern feel than most of the performers in this genre, but there's no escaping the easy prettiness that makes this album cloy after the first couple of bars of the first song.
Diabetics avoid at all costs.
Oh, and they also record . . . On the other hand, the musicianship is first-rate throughout and at their best they come off like a cross between Charles Mingus and the Paradox Trio. All rights reserved. Last revised . Used with permission.