Souad Massi is wonderful and brought a tear to many people's eyes with her performance on « Later » Mark Cooper

Souad’s music perfectly fuses North African traditions with folk, jazz, and rock accents. While she’s often compared to Tracy Chapman, her musical sophistication and clear and intense vocal style make Joni Mitchell a more telling reference. An outstanding debut ….. Observer

One of the finest new artists of the year, her debut album is remarkable both for her cool, sad edged vocals and for the variety of her highly accessible, tuneful, self composed songs…She is charming, clever and deserves to be a major international star… Guardian

Simply one of the albums of the year ". Charlie Gillett

One of the new names to look out for is Souad massi, a wonderful young Algerian singer who has been dubbed the Arabic Tracy Chapman – a comparison that is not far fetched…. Times

Imposing vocals, songs which recall Joni Mitchells’s Blue peroid and Massi’s assurance make this a most promising debut... **** stars Q