A simple celebration of the voice, though certainly not simple voices. All three not immediate, not conventional, but all magnificent, emotional, powerful and mysterious. A welcome return for Iris Dement who's heart-felt voice also seems on the point of breaking. Joanna Newsom has been one of the discoveries of recent times, singled out for her incredible harp playing, but here its just a warbeling electric guitar and her voice at its most fragile. Then one of the most arresting pieces ever committed to vinyl. Patty Waters debut album featrues one soide of Jazz standards, then this track on the flip, full of screams, shouts, anger, betrayal and fear. An amazing array of vocal improvisations that amaze.