Yasmin Levy - From The Media

“I close my own eyes and Yasmin Levy fills my head with her voice, searing, soaring, sighing. When she stops, I unwillingly open my lids and face reality…. I open the microphone and struggle to find words. “ Charlie Gillett, BBC radio London

"On stage Levy is confident, seductive, and playful. She oozes passion…” The Independent

“Here surely is the next world music superstar.” The Guardian

“Deliciously Moorish… One of the most beguiling albums of the year” The Daily Telegraph

“What An Amazing Voice !” Lucy Duran, BBC Radio 3

“Levy is an artist of unnerving power.” Newsday, NY

"Of striking charisma, Yasmin delivers a full range of emotions reminiscent of Lebanon's first lady of song, Farouz." Midi Libre, France

"Yasmin Levy's specialty is Judeo-Spanish songs from 600 years ago ... what she does with them is electrifying" The Independent

“A developing talent with cult status – one to watch ! …a distinctive style with unmistakable emotion” Songlines

"Nothing can really prepare you for the beauty and intensity of her performance…she's singing from somewhere deep down, drawing on a bottomless reserve of passion and pain." fROOTS

“Something really special… She is extraordinary !” Andy McGregor, BBC Radio 4

"The expressive and versatile voice of Yasmin Levy lingers in your mind" The Independent

"Seductive voiced Israeli singer creating a huge stir in world music circles…preparing for a Mariza-style breakthrough." Time Out, UK

Sette - Corriere della Sera - Yasmin Levy (italian)

“Pure Magic!” Carnet, Italy

"Through her voice and spiritual awareness, she displays an extraordinary ability to express the emotions embodied in this culture…” Womex

"…If you like the sounds of foreign countries, odd atmospheres, melodies that seem to come from other times, you wont be able to walk past this debut album of Yasmin Levy, 27 years old, from a small village somewhere between Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem. Infact, Romance & Yasmin doubtlessly is the best World Music CD released in the last months. And for many reasons. The first is that Yasmin sings in Ladino, an ancient form of Spanish (the language spoken in the XVth Century that today people thought it was a dead language). Second is, due to the cd’s character: romance, poems and cantigas - love songs of strong lyrics - that the charming Yasmin voice accompagned by violins, oud, percussions and flutes, transforms in time machines, that bring listeners into past old times. It is difficult to choose the best piece: of hypnotic rythms of Edad de kinze Anyos to the struggling Nani, beautifull Nani a lullaby for solo voice. Romance & Yasmin is a journey that must be lived entirely…"

"As culturally significant as the night may have been for the nearly 500 people packing the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco's Kanbar Hall, it was also a hell of a show." Israeli songstress wows international crowd in San Francisco show Sept.2005 (website)