"Life is a frijoles negros wasteland
of all things bottled, quartered, and canned
he's a drunk and a fool
but he makes me laugh
and that's better than you do . . ."

     --from "She's In Love"

Like many acoustic-based songwriters, Brenda Kahn is a natural storyteller. Bitingly sharp and intensely personal, her songs are filled with humor and warmth, and delivered in a voice that can go from rapture to longing to frustration in a single line. As splendid as it is, Epiphany in Brooklyn remains out-of-print. Needless to say, it is well worth tracking down in used CD bins.

Tony Peltier