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| Noah Budin - News & Reviews |
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Review of Metaphor from the Cleveland Free Times
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There's a natural-as-breathing quality to these elegant folk-based tunes whose lyrics embrace a distinctly Jewish spirituality and sense of social justice. These tunes should be popular at Jewish camps; one can hear a busload of campers singing the exuberant "Carry that Rock." The gentle, joyful "Blessing," with its cycle-of-life theme, is an obvious wedding song. Budin's voice frequently recalls the gruff fluency of Gordon Lightfoot on tunes like the pensive "Edge of the Ocean," which he describes in liner notes as a "social justice call to action song" with lyrics like "We've marched the streets of Selma, Alabama/have we walked those many miles just to stop?" The theme re-appears on "Every Step a Prayer" which draws parallels between Jewish and African-American journeys to freedom, and by extension, all such journeys. The well-paced disc's 12 tracks balance sparse, quiet tracks like "Fire" with up-tempo tunes like the celebratory "Huruach" and the triumphant "Let It Burn."
Reviewed by Anastasia Pantsios
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