Christine Tobin: “Returning Weather”

What the press say about Christine Tobin

“A masterclass in songcraft. One of the most gifted and original singer/songwriters in today’s jazz world.” BBC Music Magazine

“Tobin has followed a studiously personal path as a singer and songwriter that has won her the kind of accolades bestowed on only a few. This rare and thoroughly personal artist is, a one-off.”  The Irish Times

“What sets her apart is her intensity and the sheer beauty of her voice, a deep soulful thing that she seems to summon from somewhere deep inside…”. Time Out Magazine

Tobin’s vocals, veering from acrobatic to sultry, are tailored perfectly for the material, her evocations of time and place precise. Classy and lovely.” The Observer ****

“There’s a thrilling, dark timbre to Tobin’s voice that moves you like no other singer.”  The Guardian

“songs with emotional impact, melodic hooks and ecstatic refrains. …. by turns yearning, bucolic, elegiac, apocalyptic and deliciously romantic, and draws on the folk and European art song traditions as much as Tobin’s jazz background.” Scotland’s Sunday  Herald

“The voice is a killer” Folk Roots Magazine

What The Press Say about “Returning Weather”

“Terms such as “singer-songwriter” – hardly do justice to Christine Tobin. When you can compose, arrange, pen lyrics, reinvent the songs of others with the sort of range and facility that Tobin has, what on earth do you call yourself? Tobin, the Irish vocalist and composer is best compared to holistic artists such as Kate Bush or Björk, although she doesn’t really sound like either. In a career now spanning four decades, with long stints in London and New York, where she was feted for her unique sound, Tobin has blazed trail after trail, whether composing her own songs, setting poets Yeats and Muldoon to music, or rearranging Leonard Cohen and Carole King. …Returning Weather is starkly beautiful, veering from abstraction to romanticism to folky minimalism, and Tobin’s voice, filled with humanity and warmth, draws it all together perfectly”. Irish Times

What The Press Say About “Sailing to Byzantium”..

“Her voice, robust and subtle by turns but characterful throughout, is of course to the fore, but it’s her empathetic arrangements, crafted around each text with the skill of a watchmaker, which make this sonically impeccable disc unique. “ ***** Sailing To Byzantium – BBC Music Magazine

”It’s a tribute to the quality of Tobin’s writing that there are no weak spots in this excellent collection” The Guardian ****

“What sets her apart is her intensity and the sheer beauty of her voice, a deep soulful thing that she seems to summon from somewhere deep inside” Time Out.

“Christine Tobin’s utterly singular music fuses with the amaranthine force of WB Yeats’s poetry to create one of the most transporting jazz releases in aeons. From the iridescent colours of “The Wild Swans at Coole” and the statuesque tranquility of the title track, to the subtly ornamented melodic line of “The Song of Wandering Aengus” and the deeply poignant “Long-legged Fly”, the album’s unique sound-world and intense depth of feeling completely seduce the senses”.  The Arts Desk ***** Album of the Year.

To find out more about. Christine Tobin visit her website on https://www.christinetobin.org