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"The Heart is in India, the Soul is in the South and the Voice is in the Middle East" EPCOR CENTRE Press Calgary Alberta "She was playing World Music before is was called World Music..." Calgary Herald Alberta Canada |
"She's a tough one to pigeonhole... her music uses the blues as a spring-board, spanning reggae, funk, rock, etc., mixing them in a steaming spicy melange. Being a wickedly sharp slide guitarist is only part of it." Winnipeg Free Press, Canada |
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"...the first notable female slide player... displays a more aggresive free-form slide approach..." Guitar Player Mag., California "Il Faut la voir pour la croire!" Journal de Montreal, Quebec "McIlwaine has helped re-define woman's place in Rock Music." National Times, Australia |
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One of Rock and Blues' most exciting perfomers..." Entertainment, New York, New York  "Herewith a list of the three greatest women slide guitar players in the Universe: 1. Ellen McIlwaine, 2. Ellen McIlwaine, 3.Ellen McIlwaine.." Toronto Globe & Mail, Canada |
"She has single-handedly re-invented the acoustic guitar..." Doug Cox, Slide Guitar Vancouver Island Canada "E.M. is down-and-dirty Delta swamp slide blues: she is the whole-and-nothing-but-the-soul-banging gospel truth."Woodstock Times, New York "...Robin Trower in Egypt...a screaming-hot smorgasbord of raw funk & blues" Georgia Straight Vancouver B.C. "the woman plays emotional music. She doesn't play cute and plastic. I like it a lot. Walk that walk and talk that talk, E.M." Detroit Free Press, Michigan |
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