“JHELISA IS ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT ARTISTS I HAVE WORKED WITH!”
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CHAKA KHAN
“A REMARKABLY SPOOKY, SEXY RECORD”
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MOJO
“HER DARK BEGUILING SECOND ALBUM IS LIKE THE FIRST, A ROVING JOURNEY THROUGH OCCASIONALLY UNCHARTED TERRITORY. BUT THIS TIME THE LANDMARKS ARE MORE ECCENTRIC, AND THE SHADES OF BLACK AND BLUE EVEN DEEPER”
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GQ
“THIS IS A SLOW, SMOKY, SPLAY, AFTER HOURS KIND OF ALBUM...JHELISA IS THERE TO SOOTHE YOU. SHE HAS DUG DEEP TO MAKE THIS ALBUM, AND ITS WORTH THE EFFORT”
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ARENA
“A SPINE TINGLING VOCAL RANGE AND ENTHRALLING CAPACITY FOR ORIGINALITY...HAS A DELICIOUSLY ROMANTIC SOULFULNESS ...THIS IS AN ARTIST WHO'S GOING TO CONQUER THE EARTH, SPACE, STARS AND OTHER GALACTICAS”
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BLUES & SOUL
“JHELISA IS A RULE UNTO HERSELF, STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL JAZZ, SOUL, ROCK, TRIP HIP (INSERT YOUR FAVORITE GENRE) FANS”
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THE WORD
“CURIOUS TO EXPLORE VARIOUS STYLES SOUL, JAZZ, GOSPEL AND LATIN AND AFRICAN PERCUSSION AND CHORALE TRADITIONS WOVEN INTO A HAUNTING TAPESTRY AND HELD TOGETHER BY JHELISA'S EXTRAORDINARY,ETHEREAL VOICE, WHICH CAN MORPH FROM GHOSTLY WHISPER OR BILLIE HOLIDAY-LIKE INTENSE MURMER TO FULL THROATED HOLLER”
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THE METRO (LONDON)
“NEW ORLEANS TRANSPLANT JHELISA ANDERSON EMERGED AS ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING VOICES OF THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“JHELISA HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST ESOTERIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SINGER- SONGWRITERS TO HAVE EMERGED FROM AMERICA IN THE LAST DECADE”
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ECHOES
"A SUBLIME DISTILLATION OF GOSPEL SOUL, M-BASE-ISH FUNK AND JAZZ, AT TIMES IT RECALLS A SPIRITUAL TRICKY AT OTHERS A TWENTY FIRST CENTURY NINA SIMONE, UNIQUE AND TOTALLY ESSENTIAL"
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TIME OUT (LONDON)
“THIS ALBUM IS A LISTENING EXPERIENCE, PURE GENIUS”
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MIXMAG
