“VOTED ONE OF THE TOP TEN VOCAL
ALBUMS OF 2009…
Donna Lynne Champlin's Old
Friends becomes an instant new friend for these ears.
Unusually riveting and emotionally raw, the singing and song
choices are full of vulnerability, and the accompaniment is shorn of unnecessary frills, fuss
or fakery. It is (simultaneously) mesmerizing and thrilling…haunting, healing
and hypnotic.”
Talkinbroadway.com
“Brilliant! Old Friends is a stunning knockout!”
NEXT magazine
“A masterpiece. A stunning, heart-breaking and haunting
Irish ghost story…a memory play on record.”
Broadwayworld.com
“A bitter-sweet masterpiece”
The Toronto Star
“Impressive…a first-rate CD.”
Playbill.com
“The musical theater veteran,
Donna Lynne Champlin, tackles a plethora of material from some of today's most
gifted musical theater writers with delicacy and often heartbreaking intensity on a disc that's a
testament to her talent as both songstress and producer.”
Theatremania.com
“Old Friends is one grand album.”
Peter Filichia
“Old Friends is probably the
most revelatory and unique solo album I've ever heard from a modern musical
theatre talent.”
The Grandest Adventure.com
“The perfect example of creativity with a horizontal axis-
Champlin is to be admired for her beautiful artistry and her practical acumen.”
Psychology
Today
