– Broadway World (PDF)
★★★★
“A very worthwhile disc… sung and recited exquisitely by Katayoun Gourdazi.”
– Songlines Magazine UK
“World music in the truest sense of the world.”
– Rolling Stone Magazine
“Passionate and beautiful.”
– David Dalle, CKCU (PDF)
“It is Gourdarzi’s haunting voice that gives the performance it’s soul. Her voice soars, quivers, uses guttural sounds, voice modulation and employs a crystalline tone.”
– Ralph A. Miriello, Notes on Jazz (PDF)
“It is no ordinary album. Instead, it’s a powerful, poignant, moving and thought-provoking.”
– Derek Anderson (PDF)
“Goudarzi’s expressive soprano reaching a definite emotional high… Will You is a sublime musical experience.”
– Gary Whitehouse, The Green Man Review (PDF)
★★★★★
“Love it.”
– Kara Manning, WFUV
★★★★★
– Ellen King-Rodgers, KGLT
★★★★ / 2017 Top 10 List
“Sublime.”
– Darek Mazzone, KEXP (PDF)
50 Best Albums of 2017
– New York Music Daily (PDF)
2017 World Music Favorites
– Tom Schnabel’s Rhythm Planet, KCRW
★★★★★
“Beautiful voice, beautiful arrangement.”
– Tony Berry, WRUV
“Current favorite.”
– Roger Holdsworth, PBS
“The album is magnificent beyond description.”
– The Score Magazine (PDF)
“A unique and engaging ensemble of world-class musicians.”
– KBUT
“Exotic voice”
– George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly (PDF)
“Sublime.” (Best Music of 2015 list)
– Errol Nazareth, CBC News (PDF)
“A Cross-Pollinated Gem from Katayoun Goudarzi and Shujaat Khan.”
– NewYork Music Daily (PDF)
“Easily one of the five best albums I’ve heard this year.”
– CD Hotlist (PDF)
“Sumptuous vocals… pure delight.”
– World Music Central (PDF)
★★★★
“Always tonally luscious.”
– Songlines Magazine UK (PDF)
“The quivers and attack in Goudarzi’s vocal presentation, while as beautiful as the instruments, add piquancy that sets this music apart.”
– Exclaim! (PDF)
Featured on NPR: All Things Considered
– NPR (PDF)
“Sensuous alto singing voice and intense recitation.”
– Broadway World (PDF)
“Mesmerizing narrations of Rumi’s poems.”
– World Music Central (PDF)
“A delectable album.”
– Something Else! (PDF)
“If you want to try to open your ears to “world” music, this might do it for you.”
– Jazz Weekly (PDF)
“An album of ethereal beauty.”
– Splinters and Candy (PDF)
“A band whose work represents the best of a musical union.”
– Arts Nash (PDF)
“Hypnotic.”
– New York Music Daily (PDF)
★★★★
– Songlines Magazine UK (PDF)
“Beautifully done.”
– CBC Music (PDF)
“A passionate exploration of Persian and Indian philosophies.”
– Exclaim! (PDF)
“Introspective and poetic.”
– Sound Roots (PDF)