“Stunning.” (Goldmine Magazine) “Remarkable.” (Jazz Times) “The real deal.” (Allmusic). “Extraordinary... Brilliant” (All About Jazz)

BETHANY & RUFUS are all these things… Called “A splash of sunlight between the grey cracks of mediated culture” by the UK Guardian, the Brooklyn based cello and voice duo have kept their production spare and focused on the depth of soul in the roots music they inhabit like few others. In their hands, old aching mountain songs, gospel cries of redemption and reckoning, and the deep groove chugging of a freight train holler come alive again with an urgency and energy that have electrified audiences all over the world. [click here for full bio...]

 


THE GUARDIAN - (four of five stars)
"a splash of sunlight between the grey cracks of mediated culture"

  
 
AMAZON.COM EDITORIAL REVIEW
"Their spare collaboration on 900 Miles references a wide swath of folk and jazz, but the nocturnal smokiness of Yarrow's haunted alto and Cappadocia's cello combine for a sound that's outside of the usual music universe... Filled with dust and desire.... [their debut] gets better and better with each listen."
  
 
JAZZ TIMES
"Working her way through more than a century's worth of material, traveling from the traditional railroad work song "Linin' Track" and the antique title track's wayfaring blues to Phil Ochs' achingly beautiful "No More Songs.... Yarrow has a keen, dusky-voiced musicianship that blurs folk, rock and pop.... It is, though, Cappadocia's brilliance that gives this disc its remarkable sheen. His palette… is incredibly rich and… amazingly clever."
  
 
GOLDMINE MAGAZINE
"Bethany delivers low, smoky tones that call to mind Nina Simone or Cassandra Wilson delving into field recordings... Cappadocia bows and plucks [his] cello with dramatic tension and stately grace. With stunning imagination, Bethany & Rufus move... in arresting new directions. Bravo!"
  
 

ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"There's no denying that in a world where a lot of fluffy pop passes as folk, Bethany & Rufus, in taking a more original road have come up with the real deal."

 
AMERICANA UK
"Nearly all the songs are traditional, but every one is reinterpreted in a way that takes them to a place you’ve never dreamed of... leaving you utterly transfixed... where the cumulative effect and intensity are simply astonishing!"