Please complete the following survey: 1) I love old-time music, especially played at top levels with that classic drive (Y) (N) 2) I enjoy poetry and storytelling, especially when it's inventive AND accessible (Y) (N) 3) I have been to Alaska (Y) (N) If you answered "yes" to any of the questions, buy the CD. If you answered "yes" to two of the questions, this CD will quickly claw its way to a coveted "Top Ten" spot in your personal CD collection. If you answered "yes" to all three, "Fuhgettaboutit !!"

I first heard the cut Sandy Boys on HOBER internet radio, I liked it so much that I came here straight away and ordered it. I have now listened to the whole CD and I am Very glad that I bought it. I intend to pass it around to some of my friends here in the Music City.

Ken Waldman has done it again with MUSIC PARTY! The album's title itself says a good bit about how you feel soon after the CD starts spinning in the hopper -- folks sitting around, pickin', having a good time, playing music together, then more folks arrive, start to feel good, like to be gettin' up and movin' around a bit. Like many a music party. No amps, no subwoofers. The real stuff! Ken's poems set album this album apart as they describe real feelings about experiences and feelings that the music inspires. Love of old-time music and friends, the themes I pick up from his words. Ken's fiddling, as well as the fine banjo, and sometimes guitar rhythm and bass -- all played in the true old-time style, with high energy and relaxed precision. Anyone who's not been to a fiddle camp or fiddle festival, but always thought they'd like to, can hear the spirit of one on in this recording, like that you'll find at a festival or a really good house jam session. My radio listeners continue to love Ken's earlier recordings, and now, I'm sure they'll call me up and say, "Hey, Rik, play some more of that MUSIC PARTY!" (Rik James, "Americana Backroads," KGLT-FM, Bozeman, MT).