The String Bean Party

'Musically, the duo cannot be pinned down stylistically. The cymbal bangs like in a Dixieland band, the guitar strums like Django Reinhardt, you could dance the Charleston, pray to Mecca to the oriental melodies of the cello or lose yourself in nirvana. Serena Engel's voice resembles the innocent look in the eyes of an actress from the days of silent movies. Jared Rust's well-oiled baritone rolls so smoothly that any gospel choir would make him a soloist.

Because String Bean Party identify with so many well-known styles, their music creates a lot of inner images, which Jared and Serena also bring across scenically with a kind of stand-up theater. Their music sounds like a treasure trove, like nostalgia and like the remotest corners of the world.'

Harald Ruppert, Die Schwäbische Zeitung