This is not about virtuosity, in spite of Rothenberg's superb technique.... Other kinds of music might entertain you, cheer you up or pump the blood, but his clarifies the mind and throws your soul wide open.
Rothenberg's (solo) compositions are fortunately a lot more than demonstrations. They are monologues which cast their net improbably wide ethnologically speaking. He is a fluent, comfortable inhabitant of the interesting world he shows us.
- Richard Buell, Boston GlobeRothenberg reconciles an unapologetically cerebral approach with accessibility and emotional expression. No mean feat, indeed.
