Press Quotes

‘A distinctive new voice in a crowded scene’ BBC Music Magazine

 ‘can make you laugh and shed a tear within the turn of a bar’ Jazzwise Magazine

‘He’s going to be huge’ The Times

‘Has his own sound and is a storyteller…. very believable, lyrical and emotive… you can really feel Scottish landscape in his playing and compositions’ BBC FOUR

‘has created an exciting Scottish style of his own’  The Scotsman

"Carmichael is really on to a distinct, singular sound only two albums into his career."  Making a scene (USA)

‘his music is global and contemporary’ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)

‘A deeply personal album, with deep sincerity." Radio France (FR)

‘Joyous’ Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2)

‘a rare talent has everything in it to become a classic’ Nettavison (NO)

‘a first-class creative musician, beyond any category’ WIndout (Italy)

‘Matt Carmichael has the power to to break and lift hearts with every phrase’ Jazz Journal

‘Gorgeous Sound’ BBC Radio Scotland

‘Like Charles Lloyd and Abdullah Ibrahim, Carmichael has the gift of uplift in his music. ‘ BBC Music Magazine

‘I’m already a big fan ’ Michael McGoldrick

‘World Class’ Tommy Smith