She redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive  guitar wizardry and uncompromising lyrics and vocals. Acoustic Guitar  Magazine hails her, “soundscape experiments” while Rolling Stone praises  her, “evocative and sonic shading.” She has been described as, “riveting”  (Chicago Tribune), “hypnotic” (Entertainment Weekly), and a “drop-dead  brilliant” performer (Performing Songwriter). Recently an Artist-in Residence at Berklee College of Music – and now on the faculty at Fine  Arts Work Center – Larkin reflects, “I have been energized by the poets, writers, and artists I have met while teaching, and find myself on a journey  to break down some of the predictable pathways that songs can travel.” Bird in a Cage, her 14th CD now available, puts poems from ten notable poets to song, including US Poet Laureates William Carlos Williams, Stanley Kunitz, Kay Ryan, Robert Pinsky, and Billy Collins, for a  new and haunting collection that pulses with the magic of lyricism. Poems are made to be shared aloud, and with Bird, Patty takes up that tradition  and sets it aglow.