The first songs find Rivera in a gritty mood. Dust Bowl visits Steinbeck territory on a fine acoustic country blues number where her violin duets wonderfully with Johnny Hoy’s harmonica.
-Blabber n’ Smoke
“…its full bodied band swing with parping baritone sax and some virtuoso violin playing allows it to be a more than enjoyable listen which would probably be great in a live setting.”
“Song Bird, a tribute to Joni Mitchell is more successful as its arrangement is reminiscent of Mitchell’s mid seventies work with billowing bass and fine soprano sax…”
“It’s a bluesy churn of Joni Mitchell meets Kris Kristofferson that has been described by her peers as a heady blend of “Bob Dylan and a female Johnny Cash.”
–Insite Atlanta
“The six-song collection is simply too good to be missed and is already in this writer’s Top Ten of 2020.”