Kitka's most current album, Cradle Songs is a stunning example of just how beautiful polyphony can be. The album is traditional stuff that comes to us from around the world and from a plethora of cultures. From Russian Jews, to Georgian, Romanian, and even Bulgarian sources comes these songs that are lullabies and which embrace Kitka's personal memories of childhood. It's haunting, touching, and absolutely gorgeous and is the result of long hours of searching through libraries and recordings to discover the history and sources of many of the songs that appear on Cradle Songs.

Cradle Songs is striking soul stirring stuff that sounds rich, textured, and mysterious. Taking us on an exploration of their research and their discoveries, the album plays out like the ancient history of the mother, the cradle, and the songs that go hand in hand with those things. Kitka have pieced together a fantastic set of songs that harken back to a period of time where traditions and family were even more important for survival. The songs that make up Cradle Songs reflect that as well as the beauty and mystery of life.

Each of the songs on Cradle Songs is a testament to the power of the human voice when unified with others and it's amazing to hear just how powerful it is as each of the eight voices here weaves the rich, textural tapestry we're witness to. Kitka are an amazing group of musicians who use no instruments but manage to transfix all who hear their work. Cradle Songs is an amazing record that continues a long tradition of passing on songs from generation to generation; they do a wonderful job and through listening to this record you may just wish you were living in a time almost forgotten when the simple things in life were what really mattered.