CMJ (2/14/00, p.27) - "...one of the most enduring and popular artists in the Middle East....marks a return to the music's roots, collecting Alberstein's modern renditions of classic and traditional Yiddish songs from Romania, Poland and Russia."
Mojo (Publisher) (2/00, p.94) - "...one of the last great Yiddish folk singers....bringing together 20 songs from Poland, Romania and Russia that tell of ghetto life....Think Cabaret with a real singer spitting out the throaty 'ch's and you're on the right track."