Best known for her seductive '70s pop staple "Midnight at the Oasis,"
Maria Muldaur has
since become an acclaimed interpreter of just about every stripe of
American roots music: blues, early jazz, gospel, folk, country, R&B,
and so on. While these influences were certainly present on her more
pop-oriented '70s recordings (as befitting her Greenwich Village folkie
past), Muldaur came into her own as a true roots music stylist during
the '90s, when she developed a particular fascination with the myriad
sounds of Louisiana. On the string of well-received albums that
followed, Muldaur tied her eclecticism together with the romantic
sensuality that had underpinned much of her best work ever since the
beginning of her career.
