"Thoroughly at home with traditional klezmer repertoire, he is able to powerfully summon the wild tragicomic essence of this music in his original compositions. His newest album, “Storm Game,” is a complex and not easily classifiable record that not only showcases Winograd’s impressive chops, but also grapples with fundamental questions about the very nature of contemporary American klezmer." - Jake Marmer, The Forward

“Sandaraa are a musical manifesto defying ethnic, linguistic and national borders and tracing a shared human experience through their ‘trans-Eurasian’ sound. Yiddish, Balkan, Turkish, Balochi and Pashto traditions merge in a thoroughly hypnotic album that sees Zebunnisa Bangash’s distinctive voice vying for centre stage with Michael Winograd’s dizzying klezmer clarinet.” - Amar Dhillon, Songlines UK

"It’s deep, it’s otherworldly, it’s historically rich and it’s incredibly fun.  This show featured Michael Winograd on clarinet, who shares Tarras’ crystalline tone and silky legato: the way he plays, even at escape velocity, it’s a wave that just happens to move up and down in microseconds." - New York Music Daily

The clarinet’s liquid phrasing slides like butter across a hot grill as its timbres constrict and inflate, moving from a laugh to a sob in a heartbeat. The accordion bellows imply Old World histories as well as Latin American, Caribbean and Azerbaijan cultures. The contrabass carries a pulse rooted in Macedonia, Romania, Vienna, Transylvania and America." - Kirk Silsbee, Jewish Journal