Press

"It’s not enough for her simply to make something; she wants to see it shape the world around her. In an age where the looming, technicolored claw of Glee has crushed the feeling out of musical theater, it’s refreshing that someone is still operating with real heart, about real issues.... Very few artists out there can make solidarity through sound seem so effortless, to use their art as a catalyst for healing rather than one for pure profit." ~ This Song Starts a Craze

"I have been listening to Tori Amos’s album ‘Night Of Hunters’ in which she attempts to achieve many of the things McGraw does here, and while finding many delightful parallels, I think Kara gets it right more often.... The incredibly rich arrangements and orchestration never overwhelm the melodic drive, never move us too far from the girl and her piano, so we sit and listen and are not afraid to get emotionally involved.... McGraw has fashioned a pop album that feels timeless, it could have been dreamed up when ‘Singing In The Rain’ was huge, or selections from this could drive the latest episode of Glee with ease." ~ The NBT Review

"[T]he lyrics are contemplative and happy in a sort of solemn way... and it's absolutely beautiful." ~ Cerebral Pop

"[Kara McGraw's piece] The Tale of Tam Lin is delightful, playful, and thoughtful. I hear touches of Stravinsky's Petrouchka, Brahms' Violin Sonata #3 in D minor, and even occasional flashes of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, some of my very favorite classical compositions.” ~ Jonathan Kochmer, Sarathan Records

"Love it! Great voice too. Keep it coming, Kara!" ~ Radio Orphans Podcast, episode #337