Nastasia is this autumn's undisputed princess.  Full text...

Nina is the soothing moment that follows searing pain. The quiet affairs that are Nina's songs are the nursing of wounds — wounds courtesy of dogs; bites, snags, tears.  Full text...

Nina Nastasia’s latest album, On Leaving, is a meditation on moving, wandering, and homelessness.  Full text...

Prior to On Leaving, the arrangements consistently expanded with each record: comparatively reigned in on "Dogs", they exploded on the fully ornamented The Blackened Air, while the bulk of Run to Ruin was instrumental, if subdued. On Leaving matches its lyrical concerns by scaling back this tendency, returning to the sounds of her first record with only occasional flourishes (though there is a newfound emphasis of piano).  Full text...

"Are we wired to be always sad and wanting?"  Full text...

Forget the resumé, forget precedent—we may revere On Leaving as but a series of fleshed-out post-it notes, written in elegant hand and brimming with emotional aptitude. The majority of Nastasia’s guitar-and-piano bit parts are full bodied and masterful, overshadowing many big-footed leading ladies’ recent folk releases.  Full text...