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Rick Berlin - "Me & Van Gogh"
After a career in elaborate cabaret-rock bands like Orchestra Luna and Berlin Airlift, Rick Berlin has peeled away all the glitz and stage makeup to reveal the naked beauty of "Me & Van Gogh". An absolutely brilliant collection of heartfelt tunes, containing stories of sluts, Buddhas and beerbellies, that might reminds you of early Randy Newman or Tom Waits(think "Martha") but would only point you in the general direction of the special place that this kind of material deserves. It would be "Criminal" if this record doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Peter Bochan (WBAI, New York City) - altmusic