“Gloriously full-throated, truly inspiring Breton singing and melodies from Simone Alves […] roaring, intricate, fiery, imaginative accompaniments” Ian Anderson

“Astrakan Project’s new album is the purifying fire we all must pass through at one point or another while we live; there is no light without darkness and there can be no hope if there is not first bruising and omnipotent despair.” Peter Marks

“Murky myth and misery becomes surprisingly uplifting.”  (****)