Search - Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum :: Winter's Grace

A soulful acoustic holiday offering

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 04/05/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A nice, understated acoustic holiday set, which -- appropriately enough -- drifts into sorts goopy, Berkeleyesque folkie territory. ("The Earth Moves In Mysterious Ways," for example...) Nina Gerber, Todd Phillips, Mike Marshall and other Bay Area folk scene stalwarts pitch in on this refreshingly original set... The instrumental numbers are really nice, and overall this has a pleasantly heartfelt vibe. Worth checking out, especially if you want a little break from Bing and Sting during the holiday season..."

Not your average Christmas fare

Mr plod | Katoomba, NSW Australia | 12/25/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I own many Tom Rozum and Laurie Lewis CDs and consider them at the vanguard of Newgrass music. All their efforts reflect a passion for the music and excellent musicianship. Winter's grace is not their best, but has it's moments. The 3 song's with Tom taking the lead locals, Hot buttered rum , Wassail song and Merle Haggard's If we make it through December , for me are the highlights.I was also very impressed by Laurie's fiddle playing on this CD. She has a real gift for dragging every once of emotion from the violin on slower numbers. The couple of instrumental numbers on the CD are great. The choice of songs is interesting and varied with some songs having a real Celtic feel. The one disappointing choice , for me, was the very new age, mother earth hymn ,Earth moves in mysterious ways, which is strangely out of place in a Christmas season album and was quite frankly , a bit tedious. I don't see the connection with Christmas, but I should have been warned by reading the discription of the music as Winter solstice music in the liner notes. I guess there will be no tree hugging for me this Christmas.
But as a whole, a pretty good, but non traditional Yuletide offering."