A sweet voice yet powerful, 24 Nov 2004
Reviewer:
Ms. N. Jarvis (Borehamwood, Herts United Kingdom)

I bought this album straight away after listening to her voice on Webbers single 'I Believe My Heart'. Andrew Lloyd Webber was touched when he saw her performing one night and so he asked her to do the song for him and for good reason. Thankfully she accepted and this wonderful disc has been released.

There are more positive points about this album than there are negative. First off, Webber's song from 'The Woman In White' makes an appearance, hopefully to become her signature song. The rest of an album is a mixture of Pop, Classical and also a nod to New age (Similar to the style of Sarah Brightman who touches different types of music) with the cover of an Enya song 'Only Time' which, has more of a beat than Enyas original. There is also a cover of Madonna's 'You'll See' but I didn't see the point of covering it, it had nothing new or special to it. The great thing about this album is that it has original songs which other Classical Crossover artists are missing. She has two wonderful song writers in particular that understand her voice. Keedie even puts her two cents in for her debut by co-writing two interludes. One interlude (which is called Interlude) is frustratingly nice, it only lasts for a minute! 'Ave Maria' by Bach is completely reinvented and is given some English lyrics. Now I don't mean to spoil the surprise for you but if you listen to the last song of the disc and let it run for 8 minutes you are about to be spoiled; there isn't one hidden track, not two, but three hidden tracks on top of the other 17 tracks. If I remember correctly they are 'Laschia o' Pianga', 'The Flower Duet' from Lakme and 'Un Bel Di Vedremo' from Madame Butterfly. The latter two just so happen to be two of my favourite opera arias. They were very welcome.

Her voice: it has its up and downs. She soars on her pop songs and adds some soprano touches here and there. Classical, sometimes soars. Her voice is absolutely beautiful however she can sometimes rely so heavily on vibrato she sometimes sounds like a lost lamb, this is the only negative I have with the album and its a big enough problem to lose a star in my rating.

I have high expectations from Keedie in the future and I hope she follows the foot steps of Ms. Sarah Brightman on becoming varied and unique. I really recommend Keedie to you, she does have something new to give in terms of her classical pieces and with 20 tracks on one cd, Im sure that is for one point, your moneys worth and second point the odds are you will like some of them since there is so much variety. Give the lovely lady a go. If you don't trust me trust Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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AMAZING, 24 Nov 2004
Reviewer:
"graemehammond"

An amazing and catching singer who catches both a mixture of classical and modernistic music and incorporates it all into one album. A totally stunning voice and has a brilliant start for many more albums to come.
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Keedie a remarkable talent!, 26 Nov 2004
Reviewer:
Mrs J M E Stevenson (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom)

I found Keedie's first album, I believe in my heart, totally spell binding. Here is a unique talent, someone who can blend pop with classical music and enhance both. Vissi d'arte will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Her version of Time to say Goodbye rivals that of Katherine Jenkins. A wonderful CD throughout.
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Great Voice, 14 Dec 2004
Reviewer:
Steph "one20us" (Davenport, Florida United States) -

Keedie has a really nice voice and this is a great CD from her. There are some songs on this CD that I am not sure if she should have done them but I still would give it five stars seeing I like the CD so much.
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excellent debut, 30 Dec 2005
Reviewer:
Jonathon Hughes (Cornwall, UK)

Having not heard much about Keedie, I was delighted to receive her album recently. Keedie has a wonderful voice for someone so young, this album shows some wonderful singing, particularly in her versions of Ave Maria, Time to say Goodbye and Vissi D'arte. I feel she sings straight from the heart and uses all colours to her voice well, but I feel is better suited when singing operatically where her voice is more comfortable and secure and I find to be more controlled than Katherine Jenkins in her recent album living a dream, and Hayley Westenra - Keedie's O mio Babbino is more suited to her than Hayley. Perhaps a duet would be nice, I think she would sound fabulous singing with another exciting talent Jon Christos. As a whole, this album has a lovely variety of styles, colours and emotions and I would strongly recommend this album from this great NEW talent to anyone.
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Amazing operatic voice, 3 Jan 2006
Reviewer:
Sophie Langan (UK) - 

Keedie has got this most astonishing, rich, beautiful voice! The high note she sings on "Ebben... Ne andro lontana" is thrilling,
"My Reason" is beautiful and majestically sung. I love "I believe my heart", a duet with Duncan from Blue taken from Andrew Lloyd Webber's fantastic new musical "The Woman in White". I love "The Star in you", it is a beautiful song and already sounds like a classic! I love this album, it is one of my favourites and I can't wait for her next one!
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Truly Amazing, Feb 22. 2006
Reviewer:
Ms Athena Tooze, Brooklyn, New York, USA 
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Keedie's fabulous voice is truly amazing - Her soprano notes are definately in league with those who sing at the Metropolitan Opera. I used to think Charlotte Church was an extraordinary singer, but when I last saw her on TV, it seemed she just lost it in her metamorphasis to heavy rock.  One could listen to Keedie for hours and still not get enough of her beautiful music. I brought her album to work with me on Friday and treated some of my colleagues to a really great bit of entertainment. They all thought Keedie's voice is just awesome and our computer wizard Alex was totally mesmorized by her!!. We are all hoping she will eventually perform in New York City and we just know it would be a sell out with SRO. I believe her popularity would really rise if she were able to ever perform in New York".

Note: Athena Tooze, The lady who wrote this, just managed to survive the 9/11 disaster. She was working in the building next to the Twin Towers when they came crashing down. She now says "I have listened to the album at least half a dozen times since receiving it and each time Keedie's singing brings peace and tranquility to my soul".