New York Times...............“[James’s] inventive violin style can still conjure up the unique image of Bob Wills strolling through Tin Pan Alley.” -Sean Daly, Jon Pareles, chromatically-fueled intensity” -New York Music Daily ..............."A beautiful voice, into chromatic harmony. She also sang in a breathy, but her playing also offers a nod to the red-hot stylings of jazz violin pioneer Stuff Smith.” -Greg Cahill, “Elana James' throaty violin solos arrived in terse, a fantastic musician, with the heart and soul of an angel." -Willie Nelson...............“An infectious combination of verbal wit and instrumental guile.” -NPR, raw, epigrammatic phrases with a sprint, allthingsstrings.com..............., every so often, JazzTimes...............“James takes her inspiration from former Texas Playboy fiddler Johnny Gimble, “A welcome, un-self-conscious voice that made every double-entendre seductive.”