Guest Host
A solo debut brimming with wry, joyously tuneful pop gems. A  --Entertainment Weekly, Sept. 22, 2000Evoke(s) Randy Newman or a mellower version of the young Elvis Costello. Guest Host is an unlikely but promising marriage of warped wit and gentle intuition.  --USA TODAY, November 28th, 2000Tart wit and sunshine-daydream melodicism. Stew is like a spooky morphing of Marvin Gaye and Nick Drake.  --Rolling StoneThanks to his sweet voice and choice wordplay, the singer-songwriter pulls off poetic balladry, 12-step hilarity and swinging, organic grooves with equal panache. *** 1/2  --L.A. Times September 9, 2000