“… the group blends elements of jazz, folk and classical chamber music to create unique, yet often eerie compositions that seem like the perfect movie score.” –Billboard

"Their haunting and strangely familiar music... is a soundtrack for the kind of puzzling dream which leaves you sitting awake in the middle of the night..." –The New Yorker

“Forget the definitions, and simply think of the music of the Tin Hat Trio as compelling entertainment, rich with whimsy, imagination and intelligence.” –The Los Angeles Times

"Tin Hat's music crackles with the improvisational savvy of jazz, but it is unclassifiable - like notes from some dusty heartland attic, restored and polished to a high sheen…The Sad Machinery of Spring, is a marvel of intimate chemistry and resourceful orchestration." -The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Taking the work of the Polish-Jewish writer and graphic artist Bruno Schulz as inspiration, this remarkable quintet of multi- instrumentalists create a series of measured vignettes that brilliantly mix the familiar with the bizarre. Founder members Carla Kihlstedt - fulsomely melodic on violin - and ultra-sharp rhythm guitarist Mark Orton are here augmented by harp and an instrumental assortment that includes wheezy harmoniums, querulous trumpets and plaintive clarinets. Unhurried tempos add to an underlying feeling of uncertainty, creating a genuinely surrealist musical soundscape, highlighted by the only vocal track, a menacing "Daisy Bell"." -Financial Times, London


Feature in Chamber Music Magazine, November 2010:

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