Sui Generis
George Grella | Brooklyn | 07/18/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Rinde Eckert is a complete performer, acting, singing, moving, who makes records. This is an exceptional one, impossible to describe in terms of comparison. There are elements of rock,jazz, country and contemporary composition in the music, and Eckert himself is absolutely riveting. He sings with a big, open-throated voice, great articulation and intonation and phrasing, a highly trained singer completely at home in multiple idioms. His a cappella "Amazing Grace" is compellingly strange, his falsetto unreal, and he is always powerfully expressive. A great and unique record."