For this gorgeously pastoral album, Richard Carr plays violin, piano and guitar along with the evocative string quartet called the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (cleverly shorted to “ACME”). There’s a soft and rural gentleness to the album, in a holistic fashion, not unlike the classic Windham Hill albums of the 80s. A George Winston-ish piano and violin glisten on “Rainbow Falls” with a fragrant chamber feel with strings and piano during “Castle Point”. There are homespun strings on the folksy “Loop Road” while the mix of guitar and Bartok-like strings make for deep moods on “Powerline” and the two create pizzicato’d pleasures for “A Cabin IN the Woods” There are some fugue-like moments with thoughtful cello by Clarice Jensen on “Underwater Photography” and long modern strokes on “Skytop” with a coy etude during “Gertrude’s Nose”. A modernist’s stroll through Givenchy.