Karen Lane

“So laid back that to listen to it you risk slipping a disk.  Refreshingly Good”

SHOLTO BYNES THE INDEPENDENT

“Once in a Lifetime is certainly the real Karen Lane. I know of no-one else who sings with what I can only describe as her demure abandon. It’s wholehearted but at the sametime restrained, precisely phrased but not studied a fine and distinctive singer.”

DAVE GELLY, MUSICIAN MAGAZINE UK

“When you hear her softly Latinised account of On Green Dolphin Street here, the band resembles Astrud Gilberto in some kind of unannounced encounter with the MJQ. She swings gracefully on Devil May Care, and is sensually funky on a soulful Love Me or Leave Me.”

JOHN FORDHAM, JAZZ UK MAGAZINE

“The CD Once In a Lifetime highlights the different qualities her voice possesses, as well as the considerable interpretative skills at her disposal. There are also three robust examples of her own song writing. It maybe early days in England for Karen Lane in terms of overall career, but if talent is still a significant factor in the development of a successful jazz singer she has good reason to be optimistic about the future.”

JAZZWISE MAGAZINE

“She has a good strong mature sounding voice and she is similarly mature in her approach to her material…although she is clearly still a young woman, the impression is of someone who not only knows what she is doing but also understands the human emotions of which she sings. I feel confident in saying that we shall be hearing a lot from Lane during the next few years, and I for one will look forward eagerly to her subsequent CD’s.”

BRUCE CROWTHER, JAZZ JOURNAL

“Karen Lane is a fresh voice and presence on the UK jazz vocal scene. She has a rare combination of musicianship, technique and just plain “feel”: one can sense that, even at this early stage of her European sojourn, her potential is that of someone who could command a worldwide, rather than a merely local, audience.”

KEITH SHADWICK, JAZZ WRITER AND CRITIC

“Lane is one of a new breed of singer. She uses subtlety, intimacy and controlled phrasing to get a song across. This is a fine recording that should satisfy the ears of many listeners. Her inviting voice, intimate delivery and a rock solid band make this one to have in the repeated listening stack.”

RANDY McELLIGOTT, CHUO FM CANADA

“A stylish and elegant singer with a special flair for ballads, Lane is a highly professional performer with a very pleasing vocal sound.”

NME

“A lovely singer Highly Recommended”

MICHAEL PARKINSON, BBC RADIO 2

“A classy affair executed to the highest musical and technical standards. As accomplished a vocal offering as I’ve heard all year”

IAN MANN THE-JAZZMAN.COM

“She is justifyably confident in her own ability, to put her own soulful, personal stamp on everything she sings…
A thoroughly likeable album from a class act”

CHRIS PARKER VORTEXJAZZ.CO.UK

“First rate interpretations of Softly As in a Morning Sunrise and I Thought About You the 12 track collection presents an engaging confluence of varicoloured moods and tender lyricism.  The singer’s unfailingly intelligent and immensely subtle arrangements provide fresh perspectives on even the most well worn standards.  Lane’s utterly infectious vocals wrap them selves around two delightful Bossa’s, Meditation featuring a heartwarmingly Getz – like solo from Robin Fincker.”

PETER QUINN JAZZWISE MAGAZINE

“Her great knack is in bringing new life to tired old standards. Songs that are past their sell by are given new life under her command.”

SHROPSHIRE STAR