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It's a bit like inhabiting a mythical world, listening to these new songs by Frank Wallace... Woman of the Water offers the texture of early music combined with lyrics gleaned from poems by the likes of Theodore Roethke, Rumi and Robert Creeley, in addition to several by Knowles. Performed with the range and intensity of Duo LiveOak, the result is exquisite. On lute and classical guitar, Wallace brings a lyrical complexity to the music that's quite remarkable: you hear simultaneously the whole and all the parts of the whole, each note distinct. And Knowles' singing--rich, swooping and sublime--is a tangible reminder that the voice is, indeed, an instrument, one she plays with elegance and grace.
- Jane Eklund, The Monadnock Ledger (NH)
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars] |
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