Nat Baldwin
Enter the Winter
Broken Sparow Records : 2006
 Nat Baldwin is a singular voice, charting out his own direction in the midst of the cluttered and often repetitive music scene. On Enter the Winter, he combines his prowess on the double bass with a mix of cellos and trumpet, as well as percussion, to create something dramatic and distinctive. Baldwin's voice acts as an instrument as much as anything else found here-- a stirring and emotive mix between the warm rich tones of Andrew Bird and the gorgeous falsetto of Jeff Buckley. His words are unintelligible at times, but it doesn't truly matter what he's saying, as the sounds of his voice swirl in and around the music itself--weaving itself in, adding texture, and warming the sometimes icy and tension-filled arrangements. Incorporating elements of jazz, noise, folk and experimental freakouts, Enter the Winter is equal parts joyful and heartbreaking, mournful as well as hopeful. The sounds created here may be organic; however, his musical vision is anything but as the listener is lifted from the ground and transported deep into the dreamy inner workings of Baldwin's musical mind.
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