“One of the highlights of the evening was a cover version of Lennon’s “Jealous Guy” which Warren almost apologised for, feeling unworthy of its brilliance. But she needn’t have worried. Lennon’s version is understated, resigned even. Whereas Warren grabbed it by the throat and almost acted out the song as a monologue to the loved one who has so possessed her. It was an angular, angry, pleading, mercurial version closer in spirit to Nina Simone’s take on Screamin' Jay Hawkins’s “I Put a Spell on You”. In other words she made quite a different song out of it, as all the best artists do when they are dealing with such transcendent material.”

“Despite comparisons to Chapman and Nina Simone, Warren is a decidedly different brand of singer-songwriter, managing to hit multiple styles, often within a single song, so that each carries with it a new and refreshing sense of promise and surprise.”

“Krystle Warren is a remarkable, if complicated lady. Taking time off from extensive tours with Rufus Wainwright, she is briefly back in the UK to promote what is surely one of the best albums of the year, the ponderously titled Love Songs – A Time You May Embrace. More details ”