"Vocalist Samara Joy has risen quickly, making it to major label status by signing with Verve Records, for her debut, Linger Awhile. Prior to this Joy had just one eponymous release on the Whirlwind label. Verve, though is the same label that was home for the iconic female vocalists Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Betty Carter. While Joy would be humbled to attain anywhere near the status that they did, it certainly seems that the industry is already chomping at the bit as if they've found the 'next Ella.' Samara Joy belies her youthful age of just 22 years; her preference for standards and her unhurried, mature phrasing is that of an 'old soul'. Her voice has an irresistible balance of purity, emotion, and perfect pitch".