Improving his craft poses no 'Secret' for Muldaur.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: October 30, 1998| Author: Gewertz, Daniel | Copyright information

With his first new album in 18 years, "The Secret Handshake," Geoff Muldaur has turned a trick no other 1960s folkie has managed: Improve with age.

The CD is nothing short of amazing. The old blues and folk, reworked in ingenious, personal ways, are warmly brought to life with vocals that yearn, yowl, seduce and keen. The "Muldaurized" arrangements are more than smart: There's a sweet, tuneful heart behind the extravagant imagination. At 55, this long respected Kweskin ...

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