Pity the poor flute. It suffered horrifically during the long siege of New Agery, which, oh please God let it be so!, now appears to finally have ground pretty much to a halt…
…it appears intelligence is finding its way back to the surface. That’s certainly the case with Andrea Brachfeld’s Lady of the Island. Yeah, I know the title kinda hints of unicorns and hobbits, but, trust me, this is a solid release (and the song, you may recall, is a Graham Nash composition).
Besides Brachfeld’s own forays between measured lyricism and bop, Bill O’Connell’s piano and Wycliffe Gordon’s trombone (only three cuts for Gordon, but, man, wotta presence!) add immeasurably to the ambiances, with Kim Plainfield’s drumming ever a source of subtle and engaging backgrounding. ….
– Mark S. Tucker, September 26, 2012, AcousticMusic.Com