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"Rick Gedney and Michele Rubin had been playing
the open mic scene for years before joining
forces to find that particular magic between them
that later would be known to us as Open Book.
Their music is as intriguing as is their name.
Most everyone remarks on Michele's unique voice.
I can't describe it as anything but angelic.
Rick's accompaniment adds the right ingredient
for a good read. Open Book invites you into a
cerebral landscape of contemplation and resolve.
The questions are often introspective and
shadowy. The answers are as ambiguous as they so
often are in real life...a journey of the heart.
Their song writing styles work so well together
that the songs seem seamless as they flow into
each other. Open Book's debut CD, Out of Time, is
a marvelous triumph! It has become one of my
favorite easy listening CDs for both the home and
car. I can't wait to hear what comes next."
"The Things We Keep, like its tuneful predecessor, 2002's Out of Time, is
an engaging amalgam of harmony vocals, tasty folk rock, and, most
importantly, intelligent and astute songwriting that fully realizes that
whatever the two songwriters are living through, most of their audience
has also experienced. Unlike many contemporaries, the duo and its
producer-guitarist, Billy Masters, know not to overproduce the music, and
instead let the songs speak not only for themselves but to Open Book's
deservedly growing audience."
"Following their debut album, "Out of Time," Rick Gedney and Michele Rubin have racheted things up several notches with their second album, "The Things We Keep." Right at home in the middle of a masterful mix of instruments, we hear the finest country/folk/rock harmonies since the Everly Brothers. Rubin's glass-like purity mixes perfectly with Gedney's soft delivery alongside a tastful mix of swirling slide guitar, mandolin, and atmospheric piano and more. The songs range from doubt to devotion, but are handled with conviction throughout."
"There are stretches of time where nothing new seems to come along and I wait
for the next big rush of a surprise from an unexpected direction...
These people really know how to make music... the musicianship
runs like liquid gold through this entire auspicious debut.
This is truly a CD worth owning."
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