NYC improvising string duo guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone in their 2nd Thirsty Ear release, an impressive mix of instrumentals and songs that blend styles and genres in exemplary downtown ny approaches.
"Guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone's longstanding duo embraces a wide range of musical traditions which critics have noted their "level of interplay that borders on the clairvoyant." They've been likened to "an avant-garde Thelma and Louise, blazing a trail across the stylistic horizon like a 1966 Ford Thunderbird jerry-rigged from scraps of Eric Dolphy, Django Reinhardt, Appalachian gothic campfires, Charles Ives, and Hendrix-laced psychedelia." The group has performed at venues ranging from small cafés to major international festivals since 2002."-Thirsty Ear
"Two of the most exciting figures in New York's jazz and improvised-music community Chicago Reader "A challenging fusion of oblique art song, reflective chamber music and thorny free improv." -Time Out "An avant-garde Thelma and Louise, blazing a trail across the stylistic horizon like a 1966 Ford Thunderbird jerry-rigged from scraps of Eric Dolphy, Django Reinhardt, Appalachian gothic campfires, Charles Ives, and Hendrix-laced psyche- delia" -Village Voice "Pavone and Halvorson reach in and touch the brain, activating dreams and aggravations with their spare and insidious tunes"-Montreal Mirror Massive Promotion