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| Click here to get Press Kit "She is a three-ring slyph, a vaudeville dervish, a woman after our own hearts....Aptly entitled Bison Rouge (the new EP), it ranges from parlor popular to European avante garde. Her siren voice calls and dismisses cellos, accordion, drums, string quartets, and trumpets at a whim, whirling your ears down into your heart and out into the aether. It is beautiful.” Seattle Pi |
| “...one can’t help but hear a collage of influences. Grzesik can certainly give Joanna Newsom a run for her whimsy, she possesses the old-world charm and quirky dramatics of Regina Spector and the cello-punk instincts of Bonfire Madigan, and her voice vacillates between the throaty alto of Amanda Palmer and the ethereal soprano of Maria Callas. Simply put, she’s got a little bit of everything.” Portland Monthly |
| “…Utilising her full vocal range and putting in a virtuoso performance on cello, accompanied only by accordian. Is this folk? It’s mixed with classical, but yes it’s folk, most certainly: Grzesik sang of her Polish Grandmother’s numerous ploys to discourage her family from moving away from home; ranged through intimate tales, both emotional & mature, tossed in jaunty escapades; and sang in English and Polish. It was nicely varied and consequently never boring…. I should mention her voice – a sumptuous but delicate soprano which scales, sometimes violently, but to good effect, to a forceful almost ‘rock’ vocal.” – Zaph Mann, Oregon Public Broadcasting Read and follow Zaph Mann’s reviews here. |
| “Ashia combines the vocal sensibilites of Elenie Mandel and the avante-garde musical approach of The Dresden Dolls with the intensiveness of P.J. Harvey. How could this not be good?”- Mite Mutant, The ChickenFish Speaks |
| “Ashia’s unconventional sound is sometimes haunting, alternating among broad ranges of styles, volumes, and speeds at most unexpected moments…an album praiseworthy for its sincere originality and stunning musical range.” – Melanie Fried, Elmore Magazine. |
| “As you may have guessed, much of her new music takes a stand. It’s rich, ornate and powerful, spun with underlying messages targeted toward listeners interested in paying attention to a talented musician with a strong point of view. Instead of whitewashing the larger-than-life music with futile emotional discharge, she loads them thoroughly with metaphor and statements on the current state of affairs in America. ” – The Daily Vanguard Ms. Stephanie Fiine Sasse sure did say some nice things- read more. |
| “The seven-piece ensemble arrayed behind the singers and dancers — Stern on accordion and piano, leading strings, sax, clarinet and trumpet — moves through a world of music with a raw sound and turn-on-a-dime transitions. Each of the two acts has a couple of catchy numbers that ought to live on in Vagabond shows; Katrina (Ashia Grzesik) sings one from the second act celebrating the power of science, with references to the Fibonacci sequence, Schrödinger’s cat and pi to 98 digits — the scene is a terrific combination of freaks and geeks of a different sort than the ones on TV”. – The Oregonian Read the rest of the review Queen of the Knives opera here! |
| “Harnessing haunting and intense cello lines, this artist’s mesmerizing composition was praiseworthy for its sincer originality and stunning musical range. The delicate score traversed vast depths of emotion and wordlessly acted as a meditative cushion to our ears.” Drammy Award for best Original Music 2009-2010 |