Open to chance

"On the whole, her songcraft isn't so much catchy as haunting, and shines on the slower, sparer tracks, like "Layman's Banquet" and "Banquet," if only because the vocals get muddled with increased pace and competition for space ("G.B."). Even there, and with the full band on board, Open to Chance is remarkably delicate, with a timeless impression of being overheard outdoors under a setting summer sun".

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"In Open to Chance contemporary listeners can find themselves in the warm embrace of a long-vanished form of hippie/folk idealism until now existing solely within the dusty grooves of idle record collections. With Open to Chance, Kayla Cohen's Itasca proves to be a gentle new voice to watch".

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"Kaya Cohen's third guitar-and-voice album is a sprawling fascination with the natural world and the nature of people".

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"[Itasca alias Kayla Cohen] synger som en vision, der toner frem fra en tidligere tids solbeskinnede californiske varmedis. Alligevel oplever jeg hendes musik som fuldstændig dugfrisk og stadig mere kompleks. Således er den næsten krystallinsk gennemsigtige stemme, der i stateligt fremadskridende tempo synger 'Carousel', ikke spor hippiefolky, men mere i køligsårbar tråd med Margo Timmins fra Cowboy Junkies. Den spøgelsesagtige slideguitar understreger slægtskabet ... 'Open To Chance' er blid magi med en umiddelbar enkelhed i udtrykket, der kun bliver mere hypnotisk og dobbeltbundet for hver gennemlytning".

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