Real Emotional Girl

The Reviewers Say:

"O'Callaghan is thrilling, perfect, achingly beautiful."


Critics are discovering Real Emotional Girl:
The Record:
"We need people like O'Callaghan to keep the lost art of interpretation alive, and Real Emotional Girl signals the arrival of a great singer with generally impeccable taste in songwriters." - Michael Barclay

Toronto Free Press
"...classic cabaret songs in a program that is stunning, both emotionally and in appreciation of her fine voice and interpretive talent." - Bill Watt

Fans of Patricia's most recent CD say:
"Fantastic - very unique style... both soothing and haunting. Great CD!" - TR, Toronto ON

"Great! Enchanting." - Ginty J, Guelph ON

"A great talent. Beautiful, elegant, sophisticated voice." - Lorne S, Scarborough ON

"I just purchased "Real Emotional Girl" and I love it!! In fact,  I was so impressed I went out and bought 2 more copies to give as Christmas gifts. Music this great should be shared." - Sharon C

"Can't get enough of her singing!" - M & J, Halifax NS

"Ms. O'Callaghan is superb! Please do more recordings of her." - Jane D, Ardrossan AB

"Beautiful voice, beautiful music, beautiful woman - Top marks!" - Rudolf S, Fort Fraser BC

"A breath of fresh air. A beautiful, clear voice with understandable words. At last a CD with music AND beautiful singing." - Don B, Calabogie ON

"Superb quality." - Terry W, Toronto ON

"Patricia has a pure and truly beautiful voice." - Q.G, Edmonton AB

"Saw Patricia O’Callaghan in concert - very impressed!" - Janet B, Antigonish NS

"Patricia O'Callaghan - wonderful! Everyone who hears it, wants one." - Donna B, Chelmsford ON

"One of the best cabaret singers of our time." - Lyle V, Pine Falls MB

"Absolutely beautiful. Great talent." - Sue B, St. Catharines, ON

"I love her voice and am most impressed by her talent and versatility." - June B, Halifax NS

"Beautiful voice, beautiful music, beautiful woman. Top Marks!" - Rudolf S, Fort Fraser BC

"Such a beautiful, clear, joyous voice. Lovely versions of Leonard Cohen"- Katherine Q, Stirling, ON

"Excellent review of thoughtful and classic repertoire--great album"- Norman P, Victoria, BC

Fans of Naked Beauty say:

"Exquisite! Enormously rich and enjoyable! I'm a fan of the songwriters, so it's a bonanza!" - M.B, Toronto, ON

"Another excellent CD to capture her voice!" - KB, Mississauga, ON

"Very good and entertaining music!" - Anna-Liisa P, Finland

"Exquisite! A voice like an angel" - Lou, Toronto, ON

Fans of Slow Fox say:

"Love it--she has a marvellous voice and interesting music. I now have all four albums and I want more!!"
- Carolyn S, Toronto, ON

Youkali

Critics love this cabaret recording:
Billboard Magazine:
"With youthful insouciance, Canadian chanteuse Patricia O'Callaghan enlivens a set of cabaret and art songs by Satie, Poulenc, and Weill. The selection is enlightened, as relative rarities like Weill's "Berlin Lit Up" abut favorites like his wonderful "Youkali." Satie's "Elegie" and Poulenc's "Queen Of Hearts" are other high points, with pianist Jenny Crober an enviable partner throughout. A thoroughly charming album." 

Los Angeles Times:
From the great white Canadian north comes this warm, fetching set of songs, traversing the serio-comic region where cabaret and art song meet.

Soprano Patricia O'Callaghan brings an easy grace to works by Satie, Poulenc, and Kurt Weill--who provides the album's existential shrug of a title track. She brings special understanding and luminosity to the four tart and quirky Satie compositions that open the album, to Poulenc's rueful "Lune d'Avril," and to the alternately pointed and saucy demands of singing Weill ... a celebration of songs from different, but not unrelated, traditions, delicately balanced between the worlds of art music and musical cocktails."

Now Magazine: 
This eclectic program of cabaret and art songs by fast-rising Toronto chanteuse Patricia O'Callaghan is a. delight. From playful songs by Satie to Poulenc's delicate, surreal sound-pictures, from Piaf standards to Weill's ironic, sensual melodies, O'Callaghan and pianist Jenny Crober make this a winning disc, in no small part because of the singer's considerable interpretive powers and her expressive, honey-sweet voice, sharpened with a touch of ginger. - Jon Kaplan, April 2-8, 1998

Fans of Youkali say:
"She’s marvellous! The accompaniment is great."
- ME, Pierre Fonds QC

"Excellent!!!"
- H.K, Toronto ON

"Loved it."
- James A, Sudbury ON

"Superb - contains a selection of songs that are hard to find on recordings."
- Angela N, Camrose AB

"Excellent."
- Barbara H, New Paltz NY

"Wonderful! Patricia O’Callaghan is a singer of great range, vocal purity and unique styling. I also have her
CD ‘Slow Fox’, and I play both CDs every day."
- Lorraine M, Arva ON

"Very good singer-magnificent voice. I could listen to 'Youkali' all day long" Anna-Liisa P, Finland