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"Her playing is suffused with soul." John Swenson - Offbeat Magazine
"Helen is the embodiment of the new spirit of New Orleans. She's also one of the best musicians in town-and that's saying a lot" Jennifer Odell - Downbeat Magazine (July 2013 Artist Profile)
"..great music can create a sense of exceptionalism: a feeling that nowhere else in the world is anyone else so attuned to the glories of the present moment...Globe-trotting cellist Helen Gillet makes this feeling of blissful grandiosity accessible by pulling together bits of traditional French songs, New Orleans rhythms and electronic loops to create a musical environment that heightens the best aspects of the here and now." by Cathy Hughes - Crescent City Sound
"The important thing to remember is that Gillet, while often a cerebral player, is never wholly left-brain; passion is the unifying element in all her work, and on Helen Gillet, it takes center stage. By Alison Fensterstock, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
"Its hard to define what kind of music cellist Helen Gillet plays on this record. There is a contemporary classical vibe to this as well as a jazz sensibility and an avant-garde edge. However one chooses to define it, it is great music" by David Kunian OffBeat Magazine
"Helen Gillet has release this collection of jazz and chanson highlighted by her achingly sweet vocals. A unique and sensitive reflection of Helen's life" Amazon.com
"Helen is the embodiment of the new spirit of New Orleans. She's also one of the best musicians in town-and that's saying a lot" Jennifer Odell - Downbeat Magazine (July 2013 Artist Profile)
"..great music can create a sense of exceptionalism: a feeling that nowhere else in the world is anyone else so attuned to the glories of the present moment...Globe-trotting cellist Helen Gillet makes this feeling of blissful grandiosity accessible by pulling together bits of traditional French songs, New Orleans rhythms and electronic loops to create a musical environment that heightens the best aspects of the here and now." by Cathy Hughes - Crescent City Sound
"The important thing to remember is that Gillet, while often a cerebral player, is never wholly left-brain; passion is the unifying element in all her work, and on Helen Gillet, it takes center stage. By Alison Fensterstock, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
"Its hard to define what kind of music cellist Helen Gillet plays on this record. There is a contemporary classical vibe to this as well as a jazz sensibility and an avant-garde edge. However one chooses to define it, it is great music" by David Kunian OffBeat Magazine
"Helen Gillet has release this collection of jazz and chanson highlighted by her achingly sweet vocals. A unique and sensitive reflection of Helen's life" Amazon.com
