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"Burnell has also taken her performances to another level, with more of an edge to the faster numbers (Les reels tziganes, L’alouette et le pinson) and a warmer sound in the more expansive pieces (The Galician Set, Stirling Castle). Her duet passages with cellist Greg Weeks are particularly well done, and I found the worldly Trip to Pakistan really showcases the versatility of The Sarah Burnell Band."  -Dr. Paul Guise

"With her sophomore album, Celtic fiddler Sarah Burnell shows once again why she was named Young Performer of the Year at the 2006 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Her performances are bright and incisive, respectful of the old sources in which many of them are rooted without being slavishly traditional and, most important, fun.

"Why not add a dash of salsa to 'The Maid on the Shore,' she asks. Who's to say you can't follow a set of Newfoundland polkas with 'Trip to Pakistan,' featuring that well-known South Asian fellow D'Arcy McGuire on the udu? Burnell, an Ottawa native now studying violin and music at McGill University, also sings: buoyantly on 'L'alouette et le pinson,' commandingly on Stan Rogers' 'The Flowers of Bermuda' (Greg Weeks' cello is an inspired addition), and hauntingly on 'Will Ye No Come Back Again?'
All around, a fine second album by this young folk musician."                                                                                                                                                                                                   -Patrick Langston, Penguin Eggs (June, 2008)