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Title: Genius
Review: Rinde (pronounced RIN-dee) Eckert is one of the most phenomenal artists of our time, in several media. Dramatic writer, poet, actor, singer, composer, lyricist, narrator, operatic tenor, dancer... It was gratifying to see him as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for "Oedipus X." In person he is charismatic and compelling. His few uncategorizable recordings are probably unlike anything you have heard. Retailers don't know what to call these performances, but "avant garde," as commonly understood, is misleading. Rinde's richly detailed work here is completely accessible, combining elements of folk music, rock, jazz, musical theater and country, spiced with satire and melancholy atmosphere -- but performed with both and ease and an urgent intensity that is entrancing.
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