Berman's voice is like nobody else I have heard. Iain Matthews, for his slightly high singing, and more of Billy Bragg, for his talked-sung verses, and also for the way he finishes many of his lines. Berman, of course, is an American and lacks Bragg's English. It follows the 1993 Bittersweet , which was just vocals and guitar, and 1996 Love, Work And Play which sounds very much like Dreamer . I think that Dreamer is his best effort to date, still you can't really go wrong with any of his other CD's.
Every song here is a gem.
These are haunted and haunting songs. You will be singing them after two listening. Even more, I have a feeling that the best is yet to come. Copyright 1999, Peterborough Folk Music Society . This review may be reprinted with prior permission and attribution.