Music / jazz

Orphic machine


Reviews (2)


AllMusic

2015

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Thom Jurek

2015

"This may be a jazz record, but its appeal is not limited by genre. Fans of Joanna Newsom, Van Dyke Parks, Charles Mingus, and John Zorn will all find much to enjoy. Orphic Machine is wildly ambitious and sophisticated, but is also graceful, emotionally honest, and accessible. It makes the profound embraceable and, as a result, is a masterpiece".


DownBeat

2015 March

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Paul de Barros

2015 March

"The ensemble ranges from delicately voiced winds and acoustic piano to fuzzy electric guitar and vibes, but the focal point is Goldberg's bandmate from Tin Hat, Carla Kihlstedt, who plays violin and sings with sly, understated clarity and occasional Björk-like hitch in her voice. The result is a species of art song, but that term doesn't capture this music's wildly fetching mix of jazz, folk, soul, cabaret, blues and tango".