“… one of the country’s coolest, most sultry voices" The NZ Listener
Ebony Lamb writes with a poetic voice and a vivid, surrealistic intimacy. The New Zealand singer-songwriter and photographer turns the minutiae of everyday life and the defining memories that stay with us into a rich melange of folk, jazz, soul, and ambient pop. The Wellington-based artist spent her formative years as a traveller, mother, and worker, eventually co-founding the alt-country band Eb & Sparrow in 2010. Drawing comparisons to Gillian Welch, Cat Power and Neko Case, Ebony released three critically-acclaimed albums with the band before embarking on a solo career under her own name. Played and produced with two of New Zealand’s most celebrated modern musicians, Bic Runga and Kody Nielson (Opossom, Silicon, UMO), “EBONY LAMB” is a forthcoming watershed work from a genuine talent coming into her own. The album’s first single ‘Take My Hands at Night’ is nominated for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award.
5 STARS DOMPOST / 4.5 STARS NZ HERALD / 4 STARS LISTENER
Finalists for NZ Country Music Album 2016 & NZ Country Music Song 2016
“Not often do I come across a Kiwi band that with a single album moves from one to watch, to leaving every other contender in its wake. This is it.” DOMPOST
“This is the sound of your new favourite band” Simon Sweetman
“an extraordinary showcase of originality and musicality, which stands out in the current New Zealand landscape" Barry Saunders, Warratahs
“a depth and power that, in places, is equal to any current big name, from Gillian Welch to Cat Power”
Tom Cardy, DOMPOST
“whole-hearted, deep-hued, visceral tales in the Americana-country-folk-blues vein, with such beautiful warmth and fragility you're hooked from the first glide of lap steel to the last soaring vocal phrase”
Lydia Jenkin, NZ Herald
"Ebony Lamb is blessed with more than just a poetic name. She has the voice of woodsmoke and honey”
Nick Bollinger - NZ Listener
"cinematic Western themes, rustic folk and dreamy Americana on its debut album, weaving a many-hued tapestry that is held together by the songwriting and vocal strength of frontwoman Ebony Lamb"
Shane Gilchrist - Otago Daily Times“
ALBUM OF THE WEEK 24th March 2018 - NZ Listener
James Belfield NZ LISTENER - Album review 24.03.18
Nick Bollinger Album review - The Sampler RNZ 27.03.18
Simon Sweetman / Off The Tracks - Album Review 08.04.18
Graham Reid Elsewhere Music Blog - Album Review 02.04.18
RNZ LIVE With Jessie Mulligan - Afternoons 29.03.18
Marty Duda / 13th Floor Album Review - 23.03.18
2017 - 2015
13 FLOOR MUSIC BLOG - LIVE SHOW REVIEW AMERICANA FESTIVAL 07.10.17
KIM HILL INTERVIEW - RADIO NZ NATIONAL 27.2.16
SIMON SWEETMAN - SUN/SON ALBUM REVIEW 2.12.15
THE MIXTAPE - EBONY LAMB ON MUSIC 101, RADIO NZ NATIONAL 20.8.16
DOMINION POST 5 STAR ALBUM REVIEW - SUN/SON 4.9.15
NZ HERALD 4.5 STAR ALBUM REVIEW - SUN/SON 27.8.15