The original spice girls, Teresa Trull and Barbara Higbie are easily the most exuberant and multi-talented duo in any musical style, or more accurately, in many musical styles. The two whipped up a full musical meal on their second album, Playtime (Slowbaby), the long-awaited follow-up to their 1983 debut, Unexpected. Teresa has been a women's music star, record producer, and horse trainer (she doesn't whisper, she sings to 'em); and Barbara has been a major player in groups such as Montreux and Terry Riley's Indian-jazz fusion group, Khayal, as well as a solid solo performer. With Teresa's larger-than-life gospel-soul voice, and Barbara's fiddle and piano virtuosity, plus their high-energy personalities, the two range over a terrain that varies from blues and gospel to folk, rock, and jazz. Whether performing a touching ballad, a quiet piano interlude, a raunchy version of a blues classic, or a romping remake of a pop standard, Teresa and Barbara combine gut emotion, technical brilliance, and pure joie de vivre.