"There are those who know Andy Statman as the virtuoso klezmer clarinetist - violinist Itzhak Perlman, for instance, who chose Statman to lead his klezmer album. There are those who know Andy Statman as the down-home mandolin player with a stack of straight-up bluegrass albums to his credit. (I)n Statman's versatile hands is a music that's full of surprises, sophisticated and completely accessible at once."

"...(A) beautiful and new experience. It has the heart of klezmer music, which Mr. Statman, a clarinet and mandolin virtuoso, is most famous for performing, but it's not klezmer. It has the spirit of the border-pushing jazz of the 60's, but it's not really jazz either. It's the music of Jewish mystics, but interpreted not as a tradition to be preserved but as a spiritual path to be followed in as personal a manner as possible."

"(O)ne of the most influential musicians in modern acoustic music. He helped invent the language of progressive bluegrass (and) went on to rediscover klezmer music and reintroduce it to the world."

"..(A) great deal of Jewish soul, staying true to ancient traditions while updating melodies via the improvisational nature of jazz...an eclectic blend of folklike simplicity with complex jazz overtones. The moods range from joyously vibrant to darkly plaintive. A fascinating and moving mixture."