Canadian violinist and composer Christopher Whitley has already produced several albums featuring his own spellbinding music on beloved imprints such as Patient Sounds and Fluid Audio. However Describe Yourself, for Vancouver's Redshift Records, marks his first recorded foray as an interpreter. These varied sessions feature him performing on a violin built by fabled luthier Antonio Stradivari's from 1700, and although Whitley also performs music from that same era, his choice of music here is a far cry from standard repertoire. Instead, the album is something both highly personal and contemporary. Instead, the album is something both highly personal and contemporary. The artists involved are all very much living, however what's intriguing about his curatorial approach here is how it reflects the eclectic, unorthodox, and inquisitive spirit found in his other body of work.