"Her musical voice ranges from a jazz-inflected treatment of 'Since I Fell For You' to a lanky-grooving, Billie Holiday-flavored touch." — Josef Woodard, DownBeat

"Dida Pelled is known for her smoky vocal tone, highly personal guitar work and aptitude at wrangling a multiplicity of genres with the spirit of a rodeo rider." — Sophia Valera Heinecke, The New York City Jazz Record

"Dida is hip, funny, and swinging, a musician who sings with a knowing wink and plays with just the right balance of control and abandon. She knows that the blues hurt so nice, and she knows just how to inflict that beautiful pain." — Leo Sidran, WBGO

"Dida Pelled inhabits these classics and makes them entirely her own." — FIP France, Album of the Week

"Boldly embraces the blues of jazz in the style of Nina Simone Sings the Blues." — Hilary Saunders, No Depression

"Her breezy but sophisticated playing and singing continue to capture devotees all over the world." — R.J. DeLuke, All About Jazz