Rick Kemp (songwriter, Steeleye Span)
"Jennifer Bell is a rare and remarkable talent. I don't have suitable words. She has to be heard, preferably live, to be fully appreciated."
"Jennifer's ...a captivating musical presence in her own right. An attractive singer, with a seductive timbre and easily controlled vibrato, her assured, poised presence and clear diction take their cue both from the poetic precision of her lyrics and the rhythmic impetus of early music. In Jennifer’s hands, the latter aspect imparts a refreshing sense of confident urgency (an element so often absent from the fey, slightly precious aura of much folk-early-music crossover). It helps too that her own accompaniment, on lute or 12-string guitar, is accomplished yet unfussy with no desire to dominate, while Wil's contributions, whether bowed or pizzicato, are both effective and sensitively managed. There's also a measure of sympathetically driven percussion embellishment from Neil Rabjohn on around half of the tracks.
The warm ambience of Jennifer’s delivery, allied to the gentle intelligence of her songwriting style, is extremely beguiling, making this a disc to savour repeatedly."
