Cassandra Wilson Blue Light Til Dawn

3.5 stars - Very Good - "...surround[s] a handful of Wilson's own songs with selections from more contemporary writers and break[s] exciting new ground with two selections from the Delta blues songbook of Robert Johnson...."
"...Wilson makes the strongest impact yet on [BLUE LIGHT 'TIL DAWN]...Wilson's husky voice hums and shivers with a dry, evocative soulfulness..." - Rating: A-
5 Stars - Excellent - "...Wilson's strongest most consistent recording....creates a new environment for her distinctive vocals: acoustic, open and earthy....she sees beyond distinctions of style and genre...BLUE LIGHT should win her many new admirers...."
"...waxes nostalgic for the days when black romance meant more than 'I Want A Gangsta Bitch' and throws some new twists into our conception of jazz standards..."
"...A hushed masterpiece of torrid romanticism, [BLUE LIGHT 'TIL DAWN] is at once [Cassandra Wilson's] most assured and daring album to date..."
Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #34 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Stereo Review (2/94, p.134) - "...her improvisational skills are formidable, and she can take a song and mold it sensuously into pure poetry...Cassandra Wilson is a captivating, musical storyteller..."