“Passerine, a local super group of sorts, have managed to merge the respective fanbases of Radio-Free Carmela and the Transmitters and Tanya Radtke together, usually ensuring some pretty healthy crowds at their shows. And now that down-homey Americana lovers have experienced two of their favorite local singers sharing the spotlight as duel frontwomen, what started as a side project has now become the usual line-up, as the smoothly blended vocal harmonies of the Carmela-Tanya tag team, along with touches of traditional folk and bluegrass courtesy of David Brain’s dobro and Miles Tweed’s upright bass, have proven to popular to split up. ” —  Tim Sukits, Creative Loafing