Guitar, Violin, Piano,Hammond B-3 Organ, and Drums

This ninth collection of Spencer Lewis' all-instrumental music reveals some new directions, with plenty of what made his other albums so appealing. The album features Spencer's solo acoustic steel-stringed guitar and violin and, for the first time on any of his recordings, a folk-rock ensemble that includes the B-3 Hammond organ, bass guitar, acoustic piano, congas, and drums.

The whole album is decidedly more rhythmic than his other recordings beginning with Memorial Day. The gentle strumming of the guitar bekons the violin to tell it's tale; in this case a kind of celebration of reverence. A gentle conga track paces The Flood highlighted by the soulful piano and organ playing of Chas Eller, keyboardist for Vermont's Unknown Blues Band and Killamanjaro. Lea's Suite is a four-part 14 minute open-tuned guitar and violin duet with the open-tunings providing a new foundation to Lewis' trademark sound. The whole ensemble plays on A Broken Heart and a Light in His Eye with former Unknown Blues drummer Lucas Adler on drums, bassist Markl LeGrand, and Eller on organ. The song eventually open up with the double violins in their cacaphony of symphonic texture. The stark simplicity of a solo guitar playing the Celtic-tinged Where the Grace of Nature Sings is followed by the ambling, double tracked guitars of Ode To A Friend. Deep Powder Waltz could have been an outtake of Lighter Than Fancy and is the only song to reprise Spencer's classic violin harmonies of previous albums. The title track Silence was created by combining the taped tracks of one song and the sequenced tracks of another, revealing a melody so poignant and delicate it appears almost as an afterthought. It reminds one of the magic that awaits us all if we are ready to receive. The ballad Only Time Will Heal provides the perfect backdrop for the Hammond organ as it rises and swells admidst the tasteful fills of the drums and the sustained appeal of the violin.