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Reviews
International Online Music Magazine
Cristina Williams rawwkkkks! Here we have a girl who knows exactly how to write n rock with the best of them and I would happily include the music of The Pretenders, The Clouds...Texas, Blondie...Squeeze, and Elvis Costello as equal to this magnificently talented artist...
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Billboard magazine
a laudable collection that unearths such notable newcomers as...Jacksonville, FL native, Cristina Williams (who offers the delicate folk/pop strummer 'I'll Let You Go' and skittling rocker 'Ties That Bind').
(from a review of ‘East Side of Fascination’ compilation which featured two tracks from What Did I Do?)
Amplifier magazine
What Did I Do?, the debut release from Cristina Williams Band, is an album of contradictions without compromise. Hailing from Florida and raised in a Cuban-American family, she incorporates reggae sounds "Make You Happy" along with the blues of title song. When Williams branches off into the spoken word of "Summer Moon" or the brooding "I'll Let You Go" the breadth of her emotion is striking. Comparisons to Maria McKee and Melissa Etheridge are deserved as Williams is clearly a songwriter before all else. But she also has the ability to bring her personal and plaintive lyrics to life. Backed by a strong band, What Did I Do? has the feel of a live performance, with Williams' energy breaking through each song.
Musicdish.com
Cristina Williams has a half smile "What Did I Do?" smirk on her face on the cover of this CD. Pictures really are worth more than a thousand words aren't they? She does look suspiciously guilty now doesn't she? Well, she is guilty. One, for rocking her ass off on this CD, the other counts being that she sings with soul, power, and not to mention beauty, when necessary. So what else is there when it comes to good music? What's a girl to do after outdoing herself and completely blowing me away with some serious rock 'n' roll and a totally kick ass band? Absolutely nothing, that's what. Watch out guys, you may just fall in love with this hard rockin' diva; she’s got it goin’ on...
NYRock.com
To answer the question the title poses, you made a damn good disc, Cristina...A song like "Make You Happy" does precisely that. It starts off in a surf-genre mood before bouncing off with a chorus featuring a Farfisa-organ sound, and a hooky nature that could have been culled from a '60s TV show. (I can picture the girls in white go-go boots and heavy black mascara.) She's not your typical guitar-strumming coffeehouse singer, mind you, as her voice has plenty of depth to it. Her lyrics show an investment of time as well, like on "I'll Let You Go," a bittersweet tale if there ever were one. Again, a really good disc.
