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Photos and Reviews of Annie Wells
Photos by Grace Walker. Click image to access high resolution version.
Reviews
“Wells’ evocative piano accompaniment complements perfectly her reflective lyrics and expressive singing. She’s got a warm breathy delivery and she’s able to move easily from full deep notes to delicate ethereal highs. Her voice is amazing.”
- Chuck Cuminale, City Newpaper, Rochester, NY
“On each song, Annie Wells finds a new way to surprise her listeners. She stays cool, never using more volume than she needs. The passion doesn’t jump out at you; Wells asks you to look into the music and find it on your own. Easily bored by pop conventions, she screens her own songs for predictable melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic structures until they hold her interest from beginning to end.”
- H. B. Ward, City Newspaper, Rochester, NY
“With passionate singing and honest, gospel-tinged vocals, her sophisticated music echos that of Laura Nyro.”
- Greg Haymes, Albany Times Union
“A precise vocal style, whose angelic tones at times drift to the ethereal. [Wells’] arrangements bring to mind Canadian chanteuse Holly Cole, on the edge of jazz and pop.
- Jeff Spevak, Gannett News