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...Taken as a whole, Plunge's music has a funky, let-the-good-times-roll atmosphere, calling to mind the French Quarter and the street musicians in action there. Killer sounds from down 'Nawlin's way. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38517
This widely varied disc featuring five compositions from Patricia Morehead recorded over a period of eight years begins with a thoughtful rendering of Disquieted Souls. Chief among the eerie gathering is Carolyn Hove whose beautifully crafted, impassioned performance of what is virtually a concerto for English horn, deftly leads the way and inspires her colleagues to do likewise. Conductor Philip Morehead directs a most tidy ensemble whose strength and aural confidence seems to grow with every passing measure. A smidgeon of counterpoint begs the ear for more and the utilization of motifs—notably the triplet call—binds the soundscape together convincingly. How marvellous it is to feel the spirit of Aaron Copland adding relief amongst the early dissonances, with perhaps a touch too much boom in the pizzicato bass giving anything to quibble about. These souls, following an oh-so-appropriate Ivesian consonance and the second spontaneously rendered cadenza from Hove who then magically passes the torch to cellist Paula Kosover, finally find their way to a reverent modicum of hope. The chorale-like lines are ideally contrasted with bony pizzicati until a moment of silence allows them all to slip away gracefully into the night.http://www.jamesweggreview.org/Articles.aspx?ID=1210
