“Another fine duo Canadian clarinetist François Houle and American guitarist-oudist Gordon Grdina makes music that has a wide textural and emotional range, from lamentation to jubilation, exemplified by a piece such as ‘Soro’, a dedication to an Ivoirian musician who benefitted from community solidarity following an accident. The duo creates an interesting form of’ ‘art song;’ full of melodies that are elegantly pared down and also elaborately latticed, with the deeply haunting oud quarter tones providing both a sense of solace and gravitas.”