Carolina Chimes: Rudi Ekstein’s All Original Bluegrass Instrumental Showcase: "One of the strongest bluegrass sets of the year," a "dynamic album of modern bluegrass well-rooted in traditions perfected over the course of seventy years," and "An absolute stunner of a bluegrass album." - Donald Teplyske (Fervor Coulee).

Rudi Ekstein showcases his mandolin prowess, featuring an all-star cast of world-class talent: multi-Grammy Award winning fiddle virtuoso Stuart Duncan, renowned guitarist Jeff Autry, two time IBMA Bass Player of the Year Mark Schatz, driving banjo and dobro player John Plotnik, and Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist, Patrick Sauber on banjo.