Washington Post, 8/23/02, page WE06
DULCIE TAYLOR, “Diamond & Glass”, Black Iris Records
by Mike Joyce

albumcoversmallDulcie Taylor’s “Diamond & Glass” has all the makings of a hardcore country album: tales of divorce, despair and death, along with occasional allusions to emotional abuse and reckless drinking. But Taylor, a Wammie-award-winning singer-songwriter, is more poet than honkytonker, and far too much of a romantic to let an album unfurl without conveying inspirational thoughts and comforting messages. Continue reading

Folkwax, 8/21/02
A Thinking Person’s Album With a Cool Feel
by Jason Wesley

albumcoversmallThis album sounds like girls’ night at the coffeehouse; some nice jazzy Country Folk and some lyrics examining relationships from a woman’s perspective. Very few artists are able to put together an album of their own songs and styles without having to at least lean towards the big buildings where music is sold. It doesn’t sound like Dulcie Taylor has catered to the business side, even though she’s made an album with that sort of potential. I should think that this album will make it to radio, even though it is better than that. The whole album has a nice jazzy feel behind it. Lyrically it is an examination of relationships from various angles. Continue reading

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Dulcie Taylor – Diamond & Glass
Paras/Black Iris Records BI 1181

God help the lonely
What do they do?
Those who have no one
To help them in the dark
-Dulcie Taylor, “I Don’t Know Anymore”

albumcoversmallThis is a good lonely in the dark cd. The singing and the songwriting both are strong. Whether the singer truly represents the person Dulcie Taylor, I can’t know Continue reading

Barnes & Noble
by David McGee

albumcoversmallDulcie Taylor’s debut album, Diamond & Glass, is an unexpected pleasure rife with elegantly crafted pop songs with a jazz undercurrent, incisive lyrics, sweet, bluesy vocals reminiscent of both Joni Mitchell and Tish Hinojosa Continue reading

All Music Guide
by Heather Phares

albumcoversmallDulcie Taylor’s Diamond & Glass collects a dozen smooth, easygoing songs that mix folk, pop, and contemporary country. Highlights include the brooding “Easy for You” and “Never Enough,” the lively “It Ain’t Love,” and the surprisingly tough “I Don’t Know Anymore,” Continue reading