"Jess Rowland's score ... is lush and spell-like"
San Francisco Chronicle
"inspired"
San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Rowland lurching between drunken folk and Atom Heart Mother-era
Floyd, anger grounded in irony, gluing acoustic guitars, political
speeches and electronics together with a couldn't-care-less attitude
that transcends the anarchy of her invention, a latterday poor man's
Pierre Schaeffer."
Paris Transatlantic
"Rowland's music is elusive, alien and ephemeral ... once you do make
that connection, it's a strong one -- and you're going to want to
experience it again and again."
Splendid Magazine
"Jess also demonstrates a tougher attitude, comparable to the
fractured obliqueness of pianists like Marilyn Crispell yet often
dipping in a creative ingenuousness."
Touching Extremes
An article about Dreamland, featuring extensive excerpts of interviews with Jess and
master
puppeteer/director/Dreamland manager Naia Venturi :
http://www.easternecho.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?4592
SF Chronicle review of dance with Jess' music from
Summerfest:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/23/DDG257QVAK1.DTL&type=performance