Amazon Music
Deep River II featured on Amazon’s Crescendo playlist
Top moments from today's classical artists.
Louisville Public Media
Songs of freedom, flight, and water
“The entire album is a beautiful exploration of Black music, liberation, and the African diaspora. […] Ashley Jackson weaves classical, folk, jazz and West African themes together seamlessly.”
Your Classical
Ashley Jackson explores love, freedom, hope and rebirth in 'Take Me to the Water'
New Classical Tracks (extended interview): Ashley Jackson
Harp Column - 10 Stars
Recording Review - Take Me To the Water
“Jackson sets herself apart as a bold and visionary voice […] there’s a profundity in these works, an intentional turning inward into a sacred space.”
Radio New Zealand
Interview: Ashley Jackson
Ashley talks with RNZ host Bryan Crump about how water can be both a barrier and something that connects us, and how at a time of growing disharmony in the United States, she choses connection.
NPR | All Songs Considered
New Music: Week of April 3
Featured Artist: Ashley Jackson, Take Me To The Water
NPR | Morning Edition
Ashley Jackson brings spirituals to the harp
“I found myself playing it over and over again. It almost takes over your body.“ -Michel Martin
Louisville Public Media
New release: Ashley Jackson's "Take Me to the Water"
“The harp feels like an extension of her soul as she plays a meditative call to the ancestors, calling on the voices of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Margaret Bonds, and Alice Coltrane. […] Take Me to the Water is a refreshing, much needed perspective…”
WNYC | Soundcheck
Harpist Ashley Jackson Takes Us To The Water
In-studio performances of River Jordan, Deep River II and Take Me To The Water I.
NPR | All Songs Considered
The best new albums out March 21
For those who want to dig even deeper, here are the week's new albums sorted by genre […] Classical: Ashley Jackson, Take Me To The Water.
Musical America
New Artist of the Month: Harpist Ashley Jackson
“Performances were tight as a drum and packed with enchantment and fantasy […] playing with enormous affection, immaculate technique, and surefooted sense of dynamics.”
Spotify Feature
Deep River I Tops Spotify’s Classical New Releases
Spotify selected Ashley Jackson as the cover image for Classical New Releases and topped the playlist with Deep River I.
The Whole Note (Canada)
Review of Ennanga
“[William Grant] Still’s harp writing is exquisitely lovely, lovingly played by Ashley Jackson […] In the spirituals ‘I’m troubled in mind’ and ‘The angels changed my name’ Jackson finds resolve and courage, ending this beauty-filled CD with a sense of optimism.”
Gramophone
“Sounds of America” by Donald Rosenberg
“Two harpist-composers, Alice Coltrane and Brandee Younger, receive performances that convey Jackson’s affection for these artists and her ability to bring expressive luminosity to whatever she touches […] The harp versions of ‘I’m troubled in mind’ and ‘The angels changed my name’ - both American Spirituals - abound in moments of quiet despair and divine ecstasy that Jackson shapes with keen attention to shading and dynamics.”
Musical America
New Recordings from in the Indies: Review of Ennanga
“The playing here, which sees Jackson joined by members of the Harlem Chamber Players, is tight as a drum and packed with enchantment and fantasy. […] The program is completed by Brandee Younger’s solo harp version of her bluesy Essence of Ruby […] played here with enormous affection, immaculate technique, and a surefooted sense of dynamics.”
WQXR (New York Public Radio)
Have You Heard… Feature on Ennanga
“I picked Ennanga while making my way to the Park after hearing the solo opening of “Prema.” Its pace was perfect for the promenade I had planned, but I hadn’t foreseen the sense of serendipity that hit me once I was among the trees and I heard the Harlem Chamber Players join Ashley Jackson in what sounded like a collective Aeolian harp.”