‘She’s an incandescent new presence who matches her imposing delivery with superior lyrics’ John Fordham
The Guardian ****
Haunting tunes and striking lyrics…yearningly pretty and bitter sweet. *****
The Independant
There’s a songwriting sophistication here, one feels that Cole Porter – another icon to whom Gillespie refers – would have recognized.****
Rock’n'Real
An astonishingly mature and accomplished début. Intelligent, poetic songs and wonderfully colourful arrangements
The Jazz Man
‘Houdini of the Heart’ an Atzmon co-composition, could have emerged from a work by Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill.
All About Jazz
‘A major new singer songwriter…Sarah Gillespie is one of the most individual yet recognizable voices to emerge in some time.’
All About Jazz
