A Dark Wind Howls This record does not get the love it deserves and is far too slept on. Brilliant. Favorite track: Creature of Nature.

Rolf Parker Ruth's music is so sparse and so lush at the same time.

Her lyrics are among the most intelligent and caring I have ever heard.

And the tone and timbre of her voice is so moving and lovely, and delicious to listen to that it would not matter if she was signing about spaghetti dinner.

But listen to her lyrics, and you might cry from their goodness and human wisdom, their wit, and their confident poetry.

Favorite track: Whisper in Steel.

jenvioletcallahan I was all about the moodiness of Rendezvous With Rama and was reluctant to try on the warm pastel sweater that is this album. Over the years as I have tried less hard to be hard and the softness of this album has been a welcome respite from my hardo nature.

mickyfitz808 Reminds me a lot of Court and Spark and Ladies of the Canyon era Joni. The synths and vocal chops of Kleinmeister, but the solitude of Rendezvous with Rama. I find it easy to describe in terms of other things but hard to describe the emotions that it makes me feel! These summer-y odes to that seem to be directed to a teenage New Englander really resonate with me, an almost not-teenage New Englander, two decades later, but I think anyone could see themselves in these songs!

t w g her local splendor shows earnest brilliance while eating the universe Favorite track: Whisper in Steel.