"Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands toe a fascinating line, making for either an uncommonly dignified circus sideshow or a melodramatic, gorgeous Eastern European street performance. Think Tori Amos with Tom Waits' sense of humor, or maybe a Tim Burton film with the steampunk quotient maxed, alternating between reckless klezmer and enormous gothic ballads."

-Independent Weekly (Chapel Hill, NC)

The group has an eclectic, haunting yet whimsical, carnivalesque world folk sound, dubbed "kaleidophrenic cabaret". Singer/songwriter Crystal Bright plays accordion, musical saw, concertina, piano, Taiko drum, adungu (Ugandan harp), and various others, leaving audiences captivated with her operatic & soulful vocals and virtuoso command of her exotic instruments. The latest album has received press and glowing reviews in the US & Europe, as well as radio airplay in the US, UK, & Canada, including NPR and BBC appearances.

RIYL: Kate Bush, Dresden Dolls, Beirut, Tom Waits, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Decemberists, Danny Elfman/Tim Burton, Yann Tiersen, folktales, ethnomusicology, musical saws, accordions.

"Polished, breathtaking group with international influences." -Performer Magazine

"a pleasant kind of bonkers" -BBC Radio