- EVENT GUIDE Interview by David Heagney, June 2008.


- SUNDAY TIMES Culture Magazine feature by Mick Heaney 6th April 2008. For text, go here

- THE IRISH INDEPENDENT: "Rebecca Collins is carving her own path...her willingness to explore new territory and avoid cliche has to be admired." - John Meagher, April 2008

- THE IRISH TIMES: "Collins has produced a debut album that waltzes around moods, shades and shadows." - Jim Carroll, April 2008


- HOT PRESS Album Review by Patrick Freyne 10th April 2008:
**** 4 Stars - "Breathy, Moody, and Innovative offering from new Irish singer. - After listening to a lot of sludge this week I get to hear a really good album....Hurrah! Chameleon Blues sometimes recalls Fiona Apple, sometimes Chan Marshall and sometimes John Lennon - there are trumpets here, crunchy guitars, scrappy electric guitars, brushed jazzy drums, saxophones, trumpets and whistling, and great tempo changes (like on the Lee Hazelwood-esque 'Lame Dog') - but the innovative arrangements never distract from the melodies, vocals and lyrics at the centre of it all. Eight tracks here and all are brilliant. And only now do I notice that she's Irish. Miriam Ingram, Nina Hynes, Julie Feeney, Cathy Davey, and now Rebecca Collins - the female singer songwriters are really carrying the baton this decade.Step up gents." (Key track - Lame Dog)


- THE BEAT HAPPENING London, June/July 2008
"From a minimal acoustic first track ('Aeroplane'), one might be forgiven for mistaking Ms. Collins for nothing more than another female singer-songwriter - although a good one, in fairness. Hold on to track two ('Involved') and beyond, however, and you'll be taken unexpectedly to see that she's much more. Unafraid to let her band have their moments, unsettling riffs and intelligent twists stand prominent throughout this record. Classic jazz-blues meet a contemporary idea of music-that-haunts."
View The Beat Happening online here



- HOT PRESS First Cut by Jackie Hayden 10th April 2008:
"Rebecca Collins seems to be onto something worthy of our attention, with her flexible voice and a pocketful of songs that resonate. 'Involved' is a delicious concoction of light-to-freeform jazz, mildly discordant pop and a fey Bjorkish voice that takes you places most other voices don't. 'Ghost Inside' adds electric guitar to the blender, but once again it's the voice that scores. 'Lame Dog' introduces a funk-Latino feel , but the song gets lost somewhere and it becomes a bit of a patchwork job. Still, Collins has the courage and the talent to venture beyond the obvious, which makes her current tour worth checking out."



- IMAGE Magazine April 08:
"Rebecca Collins' debut album Chameleon Blues has a tangible air of cool from the get-go. That's before you've even listened to her smooth-as-caramel, chill-up-your-spine music. The genre? It's rock, it's folk, it's (as the title suggests) blues, all with a sensual jazz thread woven through the seams."
Kate O'Dowd

- ROAD RECORDS:
"the debut album from this new irish based singer and follow up to her excellent at sea single from 2007. the album features a host of guest musicians from the local underground music scene including sean carpio on drums, simon jermyn on bass, justin carroll on rhodes and piano, joachim badenhorst on sax, nir felder on guitars, kate ellis on cello and john davis on synth bass. the album features some really superb mellow folky sounds blended with lots of late night smokey jazz like vibes with the kind of quirky edge of the likes of kate bush without actually sounding too much like her. whilst the album is very much a lush laid back affair there is also a really explosive raw edge to the album with some exceptional bursts of sax and plenty of almost psychedelic like tangents. a highly accomplished collection from a very talented new songwriter. march 2008"