"[4] In a review for All About Jazz, Derek Taylor called the album "a program of highly intimate improvisations," and wrote: "Kessler rides his bull fiddle with a steady finesse and practiced prowess that immediately lassoes the ear...

Through it all Kessler comes across as an improvisor genuinely and profoundly infatuated with his instrument and the breadth of music its manipulated surfaces can unlock.

"[5] Jason Bivins of Dusted Magazine stated: "The names of the tracks... testify to Kessler's Midwestern upbringing and also to his time logged in tour vehicles of various sorts.

But his playing gives the impression of a sound and a concept that is sturdy and steadfast amid all the motion... Kessler's voice emerges very distinctly... the highly personal nature of these pieces will win over most every listener.

Exhibiting a relaxed briskness, he bows more than one string at a time, produces some screechy overtones then reverberations, as he explores the sound.