ETHEL + Robert Mirabal: The Red Willow

“In the hands of ETHEL, American music is alive and well.”  — Washington Post 

“…avatar of ‘post-classical’ music—the virtuosic alternative string quartet…vital and brilliant.” —The New Yorker

“ETHEL are an infectiously visceral quartet…their playing tends to be lusty, committed, charged with messy exuberance. They are heroically unafraid to make their instruments honk like geese or blat like car horns when the music calls for it.”  — Pitchfork

"ancestral drumming and ritualistic chanting [that] create an intoxicating swirl as they intermingle with contemporary ideas and sounds." — The Village Voice

"Mirabal's flute is an entity unto itself, soaring over the quiet dreamscapes of “Rana Run” with wings of its own making, and like his poetry cycles through seasons with strength to spare." — Roots World

"Mirabal led the way through this engaging and meditative awakening. He’s a master of his instruments, using his breath to bend phrases and mimicking sounds of nature such as bird calls." — Sarasota Herald-Tribune