- Harpbeat By The Bay
Even after fifteen days, I'm still in awe of their performance. Those two artists enchanted us and brought us on a journey into the forest ... you absolutely must experience their performance.
- Tamson House List
Away all catagory! Wonderful music, this: intelligent, playful,
driving ...
- R. A. MacAvoy, science fiction and fantasy author
Here is that rare, out-there-on-the-new-horizon harp music...
- Dirty Linen Magazine
Debra Knodel and Jane Valencia weave a sonorous, spacious, magical sound
tapestry ...
- Ladyslipper
These two musicians possess agility and empathy that makes for stirring,
evocative music ...
- John O'Regan, Radio Limerick
Full of rhythmic vitality and playful creativity, their performances
are rooted in musical traditions from both sides of the Atlantic.
- Harpbeat By The Bay
Even after fifteen days, I'm still in awe of their performance.
Those two artists enchanted us and brought us on a journey into the forest
... you absolutely must experience their performance.
- Tamson House List
Deb and Jane weave narrative and singing with their harp duo for an
audio-visual spectacle. Against a backdrop of Deb's artwork their
performance is a vision of a magical forest where boundaries beween place
and time no longer exist ....
- Mary Radspinner, past president of the International Society
of Folk
Harpers & Craftsmen and recording artist
Of note was the way they integrated stories with they music and created
images with words ... the whole effect was fascinating.
- Gayl McDermott, Washington Area Folk Harp Society, Washington
DC
The presentation truly evoked a magical, special feeling of a journey
with friends through old-time harper tradition, while a light, well-timed
touch of humor ensured none of us got too serious about it.
- Harp Digest
It should be noted that the abridged performance of Forest was
particularly well-received. Deb and Jane should be congratulated
on being able to present the complexity of their work even in a 25-minute
time slot!
- The Fling
Enter the grove and be prepared to journey through cold mists
to a warm hearth where Debra Knodel & Jane Valencia weave enchantments.
With harps and haunting voices their music will encircle you with stories
and sacred sounds.
- Laurel D. Sager, Sage Woman