I have sold a few albums on the strength of reviews - one (now regular supporter of my music) came to buy entirely because of a negative review in a UK folk mag. His view was that he'd worked out he generally liked whatever this particular reviewer disliked so he'd give my music a go! And of course he wouldn't have come across my music without that negative review.

As a performer I'm always, of course, looking for the perfect review of my work - but I also think it's important that there should be public, published attention paid to what we do. If there wasn't, we'd be the only art/culture form not paid that attention and I think it would devalue the work put into recordings and productions. What I think of individual reviews and reviewers is irrelevant to this!

Anne