Press Quotes

Billboard Magazine
As close to flawless folk/bluegrass as it gets.

Tom Paxton
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer are at home in a dozen styles. On this album they swing you, jazz you, bluegrass you and old-timey you till you just give up and bliss out. Their complete command of so many styles is astonishing and their choice of material is exquisite.

The Boston Globe
They are spellbinding acoustic musicians, with a rare mastery of American roots styles.

Rich Warren - WFMT Radio & Folkstage, Chicago
"If the Cubs had Cathy & Marcy playing for them, they'd be in the World Series. If the Cubs had two players as versatile and multi-talented there would be no question they'd be world champions."

The Auckland Folk Festival, New Zealand
“Possibly the most popular act of the weekend was the American duo Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, who held a capacity crowd spellbound with their traditional and contemporary songs, and even the odd yodel.”
- Western Leader, Auckland, NZ

Vancouver Folk Music Festival
“True to the roots of the music, with a mastery of traditional styles, they have used that foundation to construct a contemporary repertoire that expresses their identity and concerns as late 20th century women artists. Virtuosity on fiddle, banjo and guitar is combined with a couple of great voices to produce one of the most exciting duos in country or any other kind of music.”

Nils Lofgren, Guitarist from the E Street Band
“Postcards” features beautiful harmony vocals by Cathy & Marcy in addition to wonderful instrumental work in a variety of beautifully played instruments. I highly recommend “Postcards”.

Christine Lavin @ Philadelphia Folk Festival
“Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink following their killer set on the big stage on Friday night. They played so fast their hands were a blur. The highlight of their set for me was the Berryman song about giving a chocolate cake recipe over the phone with three kids in the background squabbling. Cathy and Marcy have developed into two of the best performers you’ll see anywhere. Again, the crowd went wild.”

Tony Trischka on THE OLD TIME BANJO FESTIVAL (CD)
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer should be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for putting this masterpiece together.

Geoffrey Himes - The Washington Post
There was a time when folk music wasn't merely a vehicle for foisting your own musical diaries and confessions upon the world; it was a community activity where the best singers and pickers searched out the best songs of the past and present. The new album from Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, "Postcards," returns to that older vision. The longtime Takoma Park duo has found 11 terrific but mostly obscure songs written by others and given them splendid settings. As good as the harmony singing is, the instrumental picking is even better -- and that's also unusual for a contemporary folk recording.