Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Keeping the troubador tradition very alive

After a first listening, you may think you've bought the perfect relaxation disk, gentle songs sung by a nearly fragile but heart-filled alto voice over sweet harmonies and simple but effective instrumentation. And then you listen more deeply, like looking more deeply into the seeming stillness of a tidepool, and discover how alive the songwriting tradition is here. These are masterfully crafted songs whose seductive melodies often belie a range of wisdom, feeling and even biting wit that is rare among singer-songwriters. Surely there will come a day when fans rush back to this CD to hear the first recording and from covers to hear the first versions. Beat them and you'll be glad you did!