This is a very cool CD- part jazz, part funk, part rythm and blues, this CD features some really great soloing by some excellent and seasoned musicians. Combining extraordinary skill, inspiration and passion, John La Barbera offers a CD of rare beauty. Besides his impressive guitar playing, his compositions on these 15 tracks have a richness and complexity that have earned him a well-deserved, long list of awards, commissions and other accomplishments. This music has it roots in classical, jazz, medieval, Spanish, Italian and Brazilian folk and is something unique altogether. Reminds me somewhat of guitarist Ralph Towner who was part of the Paul Winter Consort in the early days.
Some voices when combined together have a quality that rings in the mind.
These guys have been together a long time and it shows. Add some excellent songs, exquisite vocal harmonies and a roster of very talented musicians to back them up and you have a recipe that can't lose. Using both acoustic and electric bass, and supported by some very solid trap set drum playing, this one time rock bassist makes some very cool music when he's not working on an advanced degree in psychology. This purely acoustic band from rural Minnesota performs and composes some of the best new traditional American folk music around. Featuring Patty Kakac, a pure singer in the tradition of Judy Collins and Joan Baez, but with a twist of country that will satsify the most ardent Maybelle Carter or Patsy Cline fan, Patty Kakac's music stands out as the real thing.