I would like to respectfully disagree with any criticism jeri may have made about the two Finest Kind CD's. These two albums are absolutely wonderful. True, they draw from a wide variety of genres, but why not? Their harmonies are just like butter, better than Streisand...

Now, if you're interested in what most people refer to as a capella nowadays, you might want to try the two doo-wop box sets from Rhino, or their two girl group CD's. Not completely without instrumental accompaniment, but terrific music nonetheless.

-Joe Offer, back from Italy and Israel-