"I am always on the lookout for people who are doing something different and innovative on the harp and I think
[Don and Deb have] discovered a whole new breadth of expression for the instrument. Deb Gessner’s harp interweaves gracefully with Don Charles’ guitar and vocals, to create a new sound on the face of the singer/songwriter scene. The result is a stark and hypnotic landscape of sound deftly drawing the picture of the great Southwest, their home. In their music, this duo from Arizona has chosen to tackle tough issues and the meaning of it all. The result is well worth checking out.

Their first release, Matter of Life and Death, has an earthy feel as if freshly dug from the parched soil. The CD opens with a highly-percussive, almost a cappella, song entitled “Rain”, which paints a picture of a rainstorm through the sounds of the congas, the harp, and the vocals themselves. From this start, we proceed through a series of songs about such diverse subjects as the lottery, use of public lands (the g