Grace

"For the new album Grace, Joe Henry collected about 70 songs for Lizz Wright to cover. She selected the ones she felt best mirrored her past and present state of consciousness ... The thread that ties the ten songs together largely can be found in Wright's blessing of a voice and in the way Henry frames it. There is a Southern elegance to the music. One can almost touch the Spanish moss. The songs are most frequently languid and sensual".

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"Lizz Wright was bound to cross paths with modern roots music specialist Joe Henry. It happened in late 2016, when the singer and the producer got to work on the follow-up to the former's Freedom & Surrender. Wright co-wrote the majority of the songs for that 2015 set. For this one, Henry selected enough songs to fill seven albums, from which Wright narrowed it down to this mix of contemporary and traditional folk, gospel, blues, jazz, and soul. The result is nourishing, a lulling yet ringing affirmation of Wright's deeply rooted connection to the South and its music".

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"There are few singers that are comfortable in a variety of styles while maintaining individuality and quality in the process. Lizz Wright can take any song into another dimension, yet she chooses with care as she is a firm believer in song as a means of message and hope. Her voice has a kind and tender quality that is evidence of her engagement with life on the higher spiritual plane from which she sings".

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"Lizz Wright singing Americana is a no-brainer. Her espresso-flavored alto seems to have emerged from the rural Georgian soil on which she grew up. She possesses a passionate yet plaintive delivery, and her unadorned tone embodies the American folk aesthetic ... The deep resonance of her alto never overwhelms the clarity of her diction, nor does it diminish the emotional conviction she kindles with each song's thematic intent".