ballad as elemental as water.”
— Paul Tamburello
Excerpts:
“Kimball can mix two parts melancholy and one part loss and end up with a
ballad as elemental as water.”
ballad as elemental as water.”
“...Kimball's voice glistening, ranging over the sad wrecks of the landscape like a forlorn bird of prey, swelling the drained marshes of our hearts with delirium and bitters, a poignancy brandished on the tips of fingers sliding over steel wires, a subtle currency coined from hymns to the tide, salt-flecked and seaweed-wreathed...”
— Tom Daley
“[Kimball] is a subtle performer too, never resorting to theatrics to convey false emotion and these songs are all the more powerful for their simplicity and apparent effortlessness.”
— Trevor Raggatt, Wears the Trousers
“...Kimball is a sight more mature and far less self-absorbed as a singer, lyricist and arranger than many who populate the folk-pop discussion realm.”
— Kerry Dexter, Dirty Linen
“It's the epitome of what a singer-songwriter recording should strive for -- memorable songs and singing, and music that can reveal new facets at each hearing.”
— George Graham, listen to the review on WVIA
“Her repertoire is diverse, heartfelt and eclectic, and showcases her hauntingly lovely, agile voice around lyrics of love, birth, death and love lost.”
— Cheryl Kain, The Cape Codder
“fans who have been hungry for pure Kimball finally have something to sink their teeth into”
— Mare Wakefield, Performing Songwriter
“literate, versatile, accomplished singer/songwriter music”
— Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
“the talented Kimball is not a showy performer”
— Gregg Shapiro, Illlinois Entertainer
“"...literate, gorgeously sung original songs."”
— Jeffrey Pepper Rogers, jpr blog
“"...something marvelous was happening."”
— William Glasspiegel, PopMatters
“...Kimball possesses one of Folk/Pop's "to die for" singing voices and it rises and falls with consummate ease while traversing the Curtis/Kimball lyric of "Don't Take Your Love Away."”
— Arthur Wood, Folkwax
“Jennifer Kimball, one of folk's great voices, returns with CD and gigs after birth of her son
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— Daniel Gewertz, Cambridge TAB
“...sense of adventurousness that [is] rare in acoustic music.”
— Thurston Kelp, Cape Codder
“Kimball's singing is gorgeous throughout, her lyrics are literate and true, and her playing on acoustic guitar, baritone ukulele, and Strumstick is full of surprises and amazingly sophisticated considering that she only started to play these instruments seriously in the last three years.”
— Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, Acoustic Guitar
“The most impressive attribute of the album, however, is the way in which she weaves together the threads of many musical traditions -- including early American folk songs, folk-rock, the Beatles, jazz, even a hit of klezmer -- to create an emotionally powerful and coherent chronicle of the loss and recovery of love in her life. This is not an album full of self-pitying dirges and laments. Kimball shows many sides and in doing so demonstrates a versatility with her music, voice and lyrics that is rare. And she is being noticed. Along with such luminaries as Emmylou Harris, the 34-year-old Kimball has been nominated for a Gavin Award for best alternative adult album of the year.”
— by Robert Goldberg, Wall Street Journal
“Slowly but surely, Jennifer Kimball has amassed a solo repertoire that could be considered world-class. Formerly part of the acoustic duo the Story (with Amherst College friend Jonatha Brooke), Kimball has a new album that will be distributed by PolyGram in a couple of weeks. An advance hearing of a few of the tracks bodes well, as Kimball's elastic, jazz-stretched voice is wonderfully matched with her acutely perceptive lyric writing.”
— Steve Morse, The Boston Globe
