Album Of The Week

"Sammantaget är det här musik som framförs på ett minst sagt annorlunda sätt, samtidigt som det är mycket vackert, bara man bara ger anrättningen lite tid. Åtminstone utmanar Kyle Carey det strömlinjeformade vardags-skvalet på närmaste radiostation. Dessutom erbjuds ett skivomslag som slår det mesta."

- Torbjörn Berlin / Berlin Calling -

"Det här är en artist som med alla sina album skapat tydliga mästerliga sångcykler. Lite som en musikens Walt Whitman och låter naturen bliva en omslingrande holistisk bild att fånga in. Samma musikalisk känsla som Henry David Thoreau fångade in med sin bok."

- Micheles Kindh / Blaskan -

"Plattan är ett koncept-album där det tematiska innehållet behandlar fertilitet, ofrivillig barnlöshet och moderskap, medan det enkla och naturliga familjeliv Carey lever i sitt lilla hus i Vermont är ramen för verket. Med andra ord, 'The Last Bough' är väldigt personlig."

- Robert Ryttman / Zero Magazine -

"'The Last Bough' is the next giant step down Kyle Carey’s path toward a new American sort of folk music. Her music remains innovative, not only in its bone deep feel for Celtic tradition, but in all that she is able to graft on to it by way of a personal vision as capacious as the North American continent."

- Kenneth Bremer / Blue Desert -

"This album touches upon some heavy duty topics like infertility, the struggles of motherhood, its possible joys, and the significance of a woman’s life, a mother’s life, challenged by the spiritual and physical strength required every day and responsibilities. It’s all explored on New York’s Kyle Carey’s 4th album."

- John Apice / Americana Highways -

"The album's emotional core rooted in themes of family, myth, and resilience resonates universally, while its production and musicianship highlight Carey's place among contemporary folk innovators. At the same time, intimate and expansive, 'The Last Bough' confirms Kyle Carey's role as a bridge between worlds, Appalachian storytelling, Celtic heritage, and modern folk artistry."

- Neil King / Fatea Magazine -

"Sports fans may know there’s another Kyle Carey, a hotshot basketball player. Like him, this album sees her score a real slam dunk."

- Mike Davies / Folking -

"This is a diverse collection and one that is laudable for its scope and depth."

- Paul McGee / Lonesome Highway -

"It can be read that the 10 tracks of Kyle Carey's 'The Last Bough' are probably strongly influenced by personal themes, by her journey through infertility, by the joys and struggles of early motherhood and by her deep, sacred connection to nature in the woods of Vermont. This is how the songs were created during the pandemic, during her pregnancy and the experiences associated with it. The protagonist also argues that her intention was to use her son's 1st 3 years entirely for him and him alone."

- Wolfgang Giese / Musik An Sich -

"Kyle Carey's music is not a pastiche, but a living dialogue between tradition and innovation. For listeners who love culturally layered folk, Gaelic singing, and personal storytelling with literary depth, is 'The Last Bough' highly recommended. It is an album that is not only listened to, but also wants to be read and felt."

- Fred Pach / Muziekwereld -

"Kyle Carey's 'The Last Bough' is a jewel, especially the vocals are of exceptional class. But the guidance also goes far beyond the average product. Highly recommended!"

- Fred Schmale / Real Roots Café -

"'The Last Bough’ is the latest and 4th album from US celtic folk singer and songwriter Kyle Carey. She has been writing her new songs during the corona pandemic period and her intensive struggle against infertility. It did finally result in this excellent new record, and also in the birth of her son Asher in 2022. That her joy and happiness are endless should therefore due to these happy endings not further be explained."

- Valére Sampermans / Rootstime -

"This is an album that marks a compositional maturity and a confirmation of this talent's quality vocal skills."

- Remo Ricaldone / Roots Highway -

"The offered material is very vivid, in a way, it takes you back to past times, but it is also modern enough, offering an original vision and message from Kyle Carey, whose authenticity is clearly reflected. An interesting and original work, which confirms Kyle Carey’s creative seriousness."

- Branimir Lokner / Time Machine Music -