"The clash between the jazzy, pop and classical elements with the deep folk material. Imaginative arrangements bring out the strong traditional melodies. Illustration of the adventurous music coming out of Eastern Europe."

“This is an extremely innovative album - there are recordings of both traditional songs from different parts of the country and Lemko folk songs,but also a song recorded in Chinese with the North Lab band. There is ameeting with extraordinary musicians: Hassibagen from Mongolia and Aiys Song from China. Everything was indecently sublime and served in such a way that I feel excitement at the very thought of putting the CD into the player.”

“It’s a hard one to describe or sum up, which is A Good Thing. Byturns anthemic, liquid pianistic, violin-sweeping, soft-voiced, strident hard-voiced, rock and that’s just the first track. Onward into scatting, the heavenly choir, electronic swoops and warbles, systems patterns, chugging cello, jazz-rock, big brass shots, cheery whistling over growling khoomei, hefty rock, tense drone serenity, beaty poppiness, ending in a velvety melismatic acappella rendering of a wesnianka, a spring song. There’s never been a treatment of Polish and Ukrainian traditional music like it.”