“The band rides quiet, slow-moving grooves into despondent landscapes, full of people that seem haunted by their shattered pasts and fearful of a future that might never arrive.”  J. Poet, Downbeat (****)

“Though both had made their respective marks while on the NYC scene, it wasn’t until after Rebecca Martin and Guillermo Klein had each relocated to upstate New York that the two ultimately collaborated.  It should have happened a long time ago.  Having worked with an all-star cast of jazz musicians throughout her career, Martin has forged her own personal style of vocals and composition, sometimes situated firmly in a folk music styling, sometimes in jazz, and sometimes in that unmasked space between genres where a simple song can move mountains.”  –  Bird is the Worm (Best of 2017)

“If commercial success has evaded Martin, critical acclaim has not, as she has consistently garnered high marks for her club gigs and half-dozen recordings. On her newest, a duo effort with keyboardist/vocalist Guillermo Klein featuring jazz stalwarts Larry Grenadier (aka Mr. Rebecca Martin) on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums, Martin—who in her spare time works as a citizen activist in her adopted hometown of Kingston—brings this blend to a whole other place, with most of the compositions prewritten as instrumental numbers to which she has added poetic lyrics. The result sounds wholly organic, a fully formed blend of sinuous melodies and her soft, alluring vocals with musicians who aren’t mere accompanists but equal partners in this stellar effort.” – Seth Rogovoy, Chronogram

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