Gwyneth Herbert

Reviews for All the Ghosts

**** 'This fine album....will be on the year-end hitlist whatever its genre' - The Guardian
**** 'All The Ghosts is the sound of a young lady who has more than found her feet' - The Beat Surrender
**** 'Shifting metres, contrasting backgrounds, and lyrics that actually mean something.' - Jazzwise
**** 'Beautifully observed vignettes about outsider women' - Daily Telegraph
**** 'If Hanns Eisler had been a woman and written with Ray Davies, he might have come up with something like this.' - Independent on Sunday
**** 'The beguiling storytelling voice beautifully enriches these nine tracks... Tricky to categorise but fantastically easy to warm to.' - Metro
**** 'All The Ghosts brims with imagination, compassion and vivid longing.' - City Life
**** 'A varied and fascinating album.' - Fly Global Music
'Herbert's powerful but affecting voice is imbued with sincerity, sympathy and intelligence; the songs' melodies are at once immediately arresting and accessible.' - Vortex Jazz
'[this] healthy dose of eccentricity makes for rewarding listening that's never twee' - Buzz Magazine
'The spirit of Ray Davies [and] Nina Simone.' - Dorset Echo
'A warm sultry talk on acoustic folk and pop' - Daily Mail
'Her singing - warm, soulful, and with a husky hint of Elkie Brooks - is classy throughout' - Mojo Magazine
'Delightfully diverse and unpredictable' ALBUM OF THE WEEK - Sunday Mercury
'Set to be a major sound this summer' - Stella - Daily Telegraph
'There's a lovely sense of Britishness about this girl, not only is she a talent vocally but a strong songstress too.' 8/10 - Blues & Soul
'She has a fine sense of melody and her latest songs tell stories that equal 'Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station, every Friday night' or 'Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins'.' - BBC Online
'The airy, acoustic arrangements are imaginative, full of shifting tempos and textures.' - The Times
'Letting her voice soar to emotional highs... with plenty of memorable hooks and whitty one-liners.' - Time Out

Press quotes

‘A voice that's a knowing mix of honey, steel and gravel... Her voice vibrating over the lyrics in a way that makes your toes curl’ - The Observer

‘The jazz folk-diva with an awesome voice. Expect beguiling, powerful and often witty songs that strike an emotional chord!’ - Time Out, London

‘Not a jazz singer in the strictest sense of the word, Herbert has more in common with the singer-songwriters of the Joni Mitchell era. But she possesses a flawless sense of swing, a jazz improviser’s ear for detail and her superb new trio generate backdrops that are as seductive as anything you will hear from luminaries such as Cassandra Wilson. The arrangements were never less than first class while her voice is a thing of beauty’ -The Sunday Times

‘A remarkably gifted talent’ - The Guardian

‘Intelligent and technically awesome singer’ - The Guardian

‘A gifted singer and a true audience communicator’ - The Independent

‘If Gwyneth Herbert is not a star before long, I'll eat my CD player’ - The Sunday Times

‘Herbert is a hugely assured, sensual vocalist who can live a lyric’ - The Times

‘Gwyneth Herbert owns a voice that reminds us all that despite everything, life is actually a pretty beautiful thing. It is sassy, sad and personal and ranges effortlessly from hushed storytelling to passion licked wails’ - Edinburgh Festival Review 2005