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PRESS COVERAGE Hailed as the 'Pop Ambassador' in her native India, Asha has received an immense amount of international press coverage with features, profiles, reviews etc. Asha has not only been on the cover of several magazines but has also been written about in several diverse internationally published books and been photographed by some of the world's most celebrated photographers PRESS QUOTES Press Quotes On Voice and Performance; " Shows off an impressive range and generally walks through an album with the assuarance of a master performer "....... NEW YORK TIMES Robert Palmer " The album reintroduces an extraordinary voice. Ms. Putli has a velvety lower register that recalls Billie Holliday: from there she can leap up an octave or two into a clear secure soprano "................ NEW YORK TIMES Jon Pareles One of the world's most elegant performers "......"providing the listener with a unique blend of classic sophistication and urbane earthiness "................... NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Hugh Wyatt " Miss Putli. a Rock and Jazz singer forsook her usual repertory and accompanied by Peter Duchin's orchestra wowed the crowd with 'You do something to me'.............,........." NEW YORK TIMES Ron Alexander " Putli has the sensuality, vocal technique and range to deliver Henry Threadgill's thematic obsession in 'My Rock' which is part contemporary, part song, part timeless torch song.." DOWN BEAT Kevin Lynch " I would have packed a pair of socks and walked, simply to meet_one of the most extraondinary singers I've ever heard", LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Peter Clayton " What's more, she sings them quite superbly with a warmth, a directness and power that cuts through......" LONDON SUNDAY TIMES Phillip Oakes " Classy singer who has built up an enviable pedigree which in itself suggests a large talent ",...................." LONDON EVENING STANDARD Andrew Bailey " She is the most talked about singer in New York by those who know what they are talking about "........ MELODY MAKER Richard Williams " Nobody has combined disco, jazz, rock influences from gospel music and India, introspective lyrics, funk rylhms, and massed voices before- but its not ahead of its time. It sounds thoroughly of our time,/and there are at least three - possible hit singles on it. Miss Putii has the potential to become a major artist. If America's CBS continues to ignore her, the company will be making a mistake" NEW YORK TIMES Robert Palmer " Asha has been recognized in Europe as a multi-talented individual who has not yet received the proper attention due her in the U.S. " BILLBOARD Barry Lederer Press Quotes On Performance and Style: " Asha is one of the progenitors of disco " NEW YORK TIMES John Duka (Style) " To describe Asha " actress and singer - as the wildest creature in the world might turn her into a cult Figure before her time. But that's the way she's headed LONDON DAILY MIRROR Don Short The one thing that distinguishes Asha Putli from the other Indian Pop singers is the grounding in Indian Classical music she has in her blood and they have not " - * - TIMES OF INDIA, Khuswant Singh " Asha brings her own ideas, challenging, provocative and enlivened by a rare humor. Known as a cultural ambassadress, she brings the same socio-political commitmant to this album " GLAD RAGS The magic is still there in the Lady's voice- and Miss Putli's successful synthesis of a Western musical idiom with Indian situations and lyrics " TV & VIDEO " She has proved that serious topics and social concerns can be aired and influenced through music " EXPRESS WEEKEND" The songs she has written are composed in a style that is so original and striking, that it makes one wonder how much talent she has within her " EXPRESS " Though she would not claim to be a philosopher, she seems when she talks not to be discussing her life, so much as Life itself, by a series of random declarations " SUNDAY MAGAZINE, Don Moraes |
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