"McCue pours blood all over the tracks on her new Roll, singing of death and lust and sin and regret and whores and Gandhi. She possesses a poignantly plaintive voice and multi-ranged guitar chops that swing from tasty Delta blues to stinging slide chordings to fat feedbacked riffs (dig her cover of Hendrix's "Machine Gun.")
-- LA Weekly
"McCue brings post-Hendrix blues guitar and her post-Lucinda alto from the land of Oz (and a year of one-night stands in Vietnam; really), and would be worth showing up for even if she were alone."
-- Village Voice
"Anne McCue is a folkie, but she's no delicate flower: Fresh off a tour with Louisiana growler Lucinda Williams, the Aussie singer-guitarist recently spent a year gigging five nights a week in Vietnam and boasts an arsenal of muscular Hendrix chords."
-- Blender
"Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Anne McCue wields potent bluesy rock against her unaffected, naturally wistful voice."
-- RollingStone.com
"A gifted guitarist"
-- Harp
"The best album of the year!"
-- Bob Harris, BBC
"Anne McCue's second record, Roll (Messenger), proves the value of fiery guitar playing to archy singer/songwriter material, as the Aussie lets her instrument roll behind her vocals, expressing with contained metallic fury what her words only suggest."
-- The Onion
"It's a compelling effort -- at turns hard-nosed and soft-stroking, rocking and twangy -- with McCue's consistently vital material, emotive vocals and great guitar work."
-- Philadelphia Daily News
"Besides having a bluesy voice and songs to match ('50 Dollar Whore,' 'Ballad of an Outlaw Woman'), McCue is an accomplished guitarist who can handle Delta blues and fat feedback as well as quieter folk stylings. Not only does she dare to cover Hendrix's 'Machine Gun,' but her nine-minute version, tucked away as a hidden track  at the end of her new album, Roll, also does righteous justice to the revered  guitar god's memory."
-- Washington Post
"Listeners will delight in her slide guitar prowess, as well as her pointed and powerful lyrics."
-- Seattle Post Intelligencer
"Anne McCue is the virtual definition of "triple threat." A potent singer, thoughtful songwriter and tough guitarist, she completely comes into her own on this new project."
-- Billboard
"The young Australian earns accolades with an album of songs that stretch from urgent to world-weary with bracing bluntness."
-- Philadelphia Inquirer
"My new favorite artist and an amazing guitarist" -- Lucinda Williams
"Highlighting songs from her latest, Koala Motel, she used every guitar in the battery she brought on stage, from the National steel to the Danelectro 12-string to the lap steel, and each allowed her the freedom to explore a different type of roots music, including swampy Creedence stomp, ethereal blues, and countrified jangle.
These days, there are very few women working the same territory as McCue who can combine tough and vulnerable. That she does it with poise and a self-deprecating sense of humor makes her an artist worth seeing again." --Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle
Anne's song STUPID is included in the new TIME LIFE box set - 4 DECADES OF FOLK ROCK. It starts with Bob Dylan and The Byrds on Disc One and ends with Anne McCue and eastmountainsouth on Disc Four. Check it out here!
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ANNE'S SONG 'SHIVERS' WAS FEATURED ON THE SEASON FINALE OF 'REAL WORLD' AND SHE WAS FEATURED IN GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE MARCH ISSUE
ANNE HAD A GREAT TIME IN TEXAS AND AUSTRALIA!
