Cockeyed grandeur... Knocks hipster cool down for the count! ***** Francis Dimenno, The Noise - Boston Apart from veteran tunesmiths Richard Thompson, Tom Waits, and John Hiatt nobody makes records as literal and rousing as Mr. Root and his band of merry men and women. Long live Root the rock 'n' roll iconoclast. ***** Tom Semioli, Amplifier Magazine