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thebanter.co.uk
"a wonderful talent and a very special voice in British music."
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Directcurrentmusic.com
Gwyneth Herbert posesses a remarkably tough and tender voice that has been called "bewitching" and "a knowing mix of honey, steel and gravel".
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Bearded Magazine
"She moves effortlessly from style to style, combining perfect technique with oodles of soul."
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Wears The Trousers Magazine
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"If you're seeking astoundment through accessible innovation, look no further than this impressive collection. Don't believe the title: everything here is alive, red blooded and breathtaking."
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City Life
4 Stars
"All The Ghosts brims with imagination, compassion and vivid longing."
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The Guardian
4 Stars
"This fine album....will be on the year-end hitlist whatever its genre"
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Fly Global Music
"a varied and fascinating album."
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Manchester Evening News
4 Stars
'All the Ghosts brims with imagination, compassion and vivid longing'
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Vortex Jazz
"Herbert's powerful but affecting voice is imbued with sincerity, sympathy and intelligence; the songs' melodies are at once immediately arresting and accessible"
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Buzz Magazine
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"[this] healthy dose of eccentricity makes for rewarding listening that's never twee"
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Dorset Echo
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"The spirit of Ray Davies [and] Nina Simone."
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The Beat Surrender
4 Stars
"All The Ghosts is the sound of a young lady who has more than found her feet"
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Jazzwise
4 Stars
"shifting metres, contrasting backgrounds, and lyrics that actually mean something."
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Mojo Magazine
3 Stars
"Her singing - warm, soulful, and with a husky hint of Elkie Brooks - is classy throughout"
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Daily Mail
3 Stars
"a warm sultry talk on acoustic folk and pop"
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Sunday Mercury
"delightfully diverse and unpredictable" ALBUM OF THE WEEK
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Stella - Daily Telegraph
"set to be a major sound this summer"
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Blues & Soul
"There's a lovely sense of britishness about this girl, not only is she a talent vocally but a strong songstress too." 8/10
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BBC Online
"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'."
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Daily Telegraph
4 Stars
"super-talented"
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The Times
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"The airy, acoustic arrangements are imaginative, full of shifting tempos and textures."
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Independent on Sunday
4 Stars
"If Hanns Eisler had been a woman and written with Ray Davies, he might have come up with something like this"
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Time Out
"Plenty of memorable hooks and whitty one-liners"
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All The Ghosts In Metro


13 July 2009
Metro
Arwa Haider
4 Stars

Gwyneth Herbert has been claimed by various scenes at different points: as a talented young jazz chanteuse; as a folky raconteuse; and even a pop-edged singer/songwriter.
Her latest album offers proof she's all of these things and something else entirely.
The beguiling storytelling voice she demonstrated on her last album, 2006's Between Me And The Wardrobe, beautifully enriches these nine tracks, along with creatively atmospheric band instrumentation.

Herbert is a tender and witty romantic on My Narrow Man but she's also an avid collector of other people's urban tales and many of these sweetly rendered, catchy numbers express unsettling or macabre undertones - highlights such as So Worn Out and Nataliya are never overtly easy on the ears.
Herbert remains tricky to categorise but fantastically easy to warm to.
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