Christina Courtin's self-titled Nonesuch debut is out now, and, the Daily Express gives it a perfect five stars. She puts "her exceptional composition skills to 10 superb songs full of emotional complexity and subtle style shifts," says the paper. Teletext says that "what makes Courtin's debut stand out is the understated variety of her vocals. As precise as k.d. lang one moment, she's as untamed as Bat for Lashes the next." The Scripps Howard News Service calls Courtin "impossibly enchanting" and the new album "intoxicating."
Christina Courtin's self-titled Nonesuch debut is out now, and, London's Daily Express gives it a perfect five stars. On the new album, the Juilliard-trained performer puts "her exceptional composition skills to 10 superb songs full of emotional complexity and subtle style shifts," says reviewer Robert Spellman. "A mellow folkishness is the default mood of this, her debut album, but feelings can suddenly intensify, chords bruise." Read the review at express.co.uk.
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Also in the UK, Teletext says that "what makes Courtin's debut stand out is the understated variety of her vocals. As precise as k.d. lang one moment, she's as untamed as Bat for Lashes the next." Read the review at teletext.co.uk.
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Back in the States, reviewing the new record for the Scripps Howard News Service, writer Chuck Campbell calls Courtin "impossibly enchanting" and the new album "intoxicating." Campbell offers a song-by-song analysis of the album, on which "she dazzles" from the start, "her odd and sprightly vocal intonations beautifully matched by a whimsical arrangement of jazz instruments." Read more at startribune.com.
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For an on-screen interview with Christina on NBC New York's Talk Stoop, in which the Brooklyn-based songstress discusses her unique songwriting and performance style, visit webcastr.com.
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