MUSIC

“Her high, clear voice highlights each syllable, letting you hear the words form, one seemingly following inevitably from the other, until they feel handed down, fragments of an old song now speaking to each other.”

“Swift navigates Sansone’s majestic folk-rock arrangements like the able captain of a frigate sailing over shimmering seas.”

“Nobody has ever sung Dylan quite like this Nashville-based Australian singer-songwriter, nor with such a rare interpretive gift. It’s a beautiful piece of work by a singer with a rare interpretive gift, comparable to Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball in its intent, execution and intimacy.”

“Rarely has he been covered so tenderly as on this quietly impressive (and wittily titled) collection by Australian-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Emma Swift. The result is eight great songs sung anew with empathy and sensitivity.”

“In her signature slowcore style – Swift describes her special talent as being the anti-Paul McCartney: able to “take a sad song and make it sadder” – but with elements of jangly ’60s guitars (Queen Jane Approximately), moody country (One Of Us Must Know) and soul (Going Going Gone), she finds a way to soothe and enrich, just as the songs had done for her.”