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Oakland
Tribune
San Francisco |
"....as
much as for her impressive voice and choice of songs, RoadKnight is delightful
because she sheds so much fresh light on the nature of the world and its
people"
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Globe
and Mail
Canada |
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virtually a walking, talking, singing folk festival in her own right -
6ft 4ins of musical history with a South Pacific flavor"
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Financial
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Jazz
Digest
Chicago |
"...genuine and stunning" | |||||
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Hong
Kong Standard
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"...one of Australia's most important singers" | |||||
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National
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"...a magnificent voice and a vast, and often funny, repertoire" | |||||
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Village
Voice
New York |
"...RoadKnight's a powerful vocalist physically and technically, whether she's working a wrenching ballad, belting out a rocker or tossing aside the mike and calling up a blues atmosphere...terrific at imitating voices, RoadKnight's a natural with comedic stuff..even on her jazzier material she displays a love for storytelling" | |||||
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Glasgow
Herald
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"... a woman of big, sassy voice who delighted the entire audience" | |||||
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Theatre
Australia
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"... her choice of material and at-ease delivery at times created an atmosphere of music hall; you found yourself in a European cabaret, she took us to the folk clubs, the jazz bars and the rock'n'roll gospel halls" | |||||
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Christchurch
Press |
"... amazingly versatile vocalist... compels the listener to continue reflecting on her artistry long after the concert is over" | |||||
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 Margret and her European MD, Andrew Kettle present her Paul Robeson tribute in Paris, 2001 |
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Cosmopolitan
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"...a voice that whispers, seduces, abuses, then caresses each phrase" | |||||
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Juke
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"...RoadKnight uses her granite-edged voice and hauntingly placed pauses to tell it like it is" | |||||
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Adelaide
Advertiser
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"...a brilliant cosmopolitan mixture of music" | |||||
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Oakland
Tribune
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"...casts an impressive shadow on all her songs, be they rock, political or deeply romantic...nearly three dozen songs in two hours, each distinctive and personal" | |||||
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Melbourne
Age
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"...she has the rare ability to choose great material from some unlikely sources" | |||||
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Globe
and Mail
Canada |
"...her performance is highly eclectic..she played the guitar and kalimba and amused with humor and anecdotes of a particularly Australian bent" | |||||
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Scotsman
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"...powerfully expressive...the vocal honours of the night went unquestionably to Margret RoadKnight whose muscular, acrobatic voice once heard is not likely to be forgotten" | |||||
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The
Australian
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"...RoadKnight's driving, pounding, powerful alto burns smoulderingly" | |||||
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian
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"...a powerful stylist in folk, gospel and blues...in her richly mixed repertoire she expresses both her deep social concerns with an abiding affection for jazz and blues" | |||||
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Cleo
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"...her work is consistently interesting and individual" | |||||
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Sun-Herald
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"...a towering performance...originality and integrity" | |||||
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Rolling
Stone
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"...demonstrates great flair and imagination" | |||||
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Sydney
Morning Herald
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"...RoadKnight's enduring presence on the folk scene is the result of a truly remarkable voice combined with the most mature and sophisticated sense of humour in the business...a unique Australian talent" | |||||
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Adelaide
Advertiser
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"...one of the diminishing number of non-commercial artists in this country...she succeeds in fully utilizing her versatile voice to cover a wide range of songs from the 20's through to the present..her experience enabled her to perform in a relaxed yet totally professional manner...one of our greatest, genuine and most well-respected cultural ambassadors" | |||||
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Rhythms
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"...a vastly underestimated and too seldom seen singer...after all these years she still has the power to knock you back in your seat" | |||||
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Village
Voice
New York |
"...the only thing I don't like about Margret RoadKnight is she lives too bloody far away" | |||||
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