“Mobley and the members of Agave Baroque showcase their command of historically informed performance practices of various styles throughout this album…The masterful work of sound engineer Aaron Westman and sound designer and producer Geoffrey Silver allows for a clarity of the voice and transparency of diction as if Mobley was singing next to us.”

Karin A. Cuellar Rendon, Journal of the Society for American Music , Volume 17 , Issue 3

“Mobley’s sound, suffused with gentleness, is as comforting as a warm blanket”

Joanne Sydney Lessner, Opera News

“We are, thankfully, at last becoming aware of the rich seam of composers of color who have been sidelined by history.
The songs by Price are highlights, with the likes of ‘Tobacco’ wonderfully cheeky.”

Michael Beek, BBC Music Magazine

“…a haunting sound world introduces Mobley’s wonderfully rich voice, with its seamless high end and irresistible sense of narrative flow… Mobley and the six musicians of Agave inhabit Price’s music with skill and intensity…”

Laurence Vittes, Gramophone

“…expertly performed… a stunning playlist of neglected works… The true standouts in the Price songs are the performances by Mobley and Agave, who embody all the emotions and sounds needed to deliver these works to their fullest effect.”

Mike Telin, EMAg

“Mobley has one of the sweetest countertenor voices I’ve heard. He sings with an agile style and beautiful tone. The playing of the early music group, Agave, on period instruments is precise and stylish. This most welcome program—’a new canon for a new world’—is beautifully recorded.”

Robert A. Moore, American Record Guide

 “…rich, timeless pieces that explore much culture… Mobley and company offer a very worldly listen, where they celebrate composers from the last few centuries from all over the Americas who are of color, and they do it with much poise in its chamber, classical, orchestral and baroque appeal.”

Take Effect Reviews

“Mobley draws on seemingly endless reserves of power and beauty. But there’s something even more exciting going on here – a direct, urgent connection with the music. In this he is well matched by Agave’s vivid colours and stylish phrasing.”

Pamela Margles, The WholeNote

“Mobley illuminates the material with his rich, resonant voice, and Agave Baroque… partners with him splendidly and also elevates the recording with a number of instrumental performances… captivating…”

Ron Schepper, Textura

“Agile, plump in tone, even, and stylistically alert, [Mobley] flows as if in a single breath from the high Baroque joyfulness of Manuel de Zemaya, the most important composer colonial Mexico produced, to the spiritual-tinged lyricism of Price… Agave… provide sensitive and spirited accompaniment, as well as an enlivening touch of eclectic color to their arrangements that never overwhelm the music. The recording… imparts appropriate intimacy and glow for this music.”

Néstor Castiglione, Musicweb International

“the music has an appealing kind of unity, forged partly by Mobley’s creamy countertenor voice. It is also partly due to the work of Agave, which has a certain let-down-your-hair quality here”

James Manheim, allmusic