"A bona fide masterpiece... Truly, this is a very, very special record" Folk Radio uk - Albums of the Year 2020
"If this isn’t on the Folk Awards Best Album shortlist next year, they may as well scrap the whole event" Bright Young Folk
"A marvelously evocative series of sound poems that amuse, intrigue, soothe, and stimulate" Fatea
"You might call it quirky, as you might with many of Elle’s songs... [but] don’t underestimate anything you hear… I can recommend all of Elle’s albums and her latest will give you hours of pleasure" folking.com
Shindig! 4 stars (also named a favourite album of the year by journalist Camilla Aisa)
Songlines 4 stars
Rock n Reel 4 stars
"Isn’t that lovely? ... She’s got that sort of voice that sounds like it’s come out of something very ancient" Verity Sharp, BBC Radio 3
"With songwriting like this it is hard to believe that it has taken Osborne so long to begin committing her own material to tape. We can only hope she doesn’t stop there" Folk Radio uk – Album of the Month
"There is a certain edge of world starkness to her voice that blends magically with her English folk roots… Osborne has the lyrical and melodic gifts to achieve crossover success, but it’s these more experimental numbers which really prove her mettle" Wire magazine
"If this song [Toast - The Ballad of Mini Cooper] doesn’t make it to the Radio 2 Folk Awards, there’s no justice" folking.com
"By crikey, she can put a song across and make it stay put" fRoots magazine
"Stunning" Uncut
“One of the most original, confident folk albums of 2011” Album of the Week, The Independent
“So Slowly Slowly Got She Up is an instant winner” 4 stars, Uncut
“Perhaps Lincolnshire lass Elle Osborne isn’t really a folk musician, but an avant-garde experimenter using traditional tunes as vehicles for her ragged, ripe visions ... It’s taken Osborne ten years to complete her second album. Luckily, her approach appears to be timeless” Stewart Lee, Sunday Times
“My Album of the year so far” James Yorkston
Spiral Earth Singer of the Year nominee 2012
"Osborne's singing is evocative of long departed voices in the fields, lamenting lost love and grievous hurt. Current folk is at its most arresting when it possesses this kind of astringency. Good Grief whets the appetite for Osborne's forthcoming album" Wire magazine
"There’s a sense that Osborne is drawing lines between the drones and atmospheres of the avant-garde and their ancient antecedents in the British folk tradition... This one’s a good start to 2011" Uncut
“An EP that feels as though you want to hold it to your chest and feed it soup” Fatea magazine
"Folk music, probably more than any other genre, is inextricably linked to its traditions, and Elle Osborne would seem to be the perfect embodiment of this" Americana UK, 8/10
"Avant-garde rock aesthetics melded with traditional folk oddness to create something stark and unsettling. An impressive display that promises much for Osborne’s forthcoming LP" Wears the Trousers
“An excellent and unusual EP that will raise much anticipation for Elle Osborne’s upcoming full album So Slowly Slowly Got She Up” Bright Young Folk
“Osborne proves to be original in approach, yet never too far removes the traditional storytelling element from her lost love tales: her tracks make perfect footprints back to their influences and too make subtle but determined steps forwards in contemporary folk ... A contemporary folk artist who, with these little touches of brilliance, marries authenticity with originality in much the same way as peers Alasdair Roberts, James Yorkston and Spiers & Boden...” Maverick Magazine, 5 stars
“One of the most compelling performances of the year...” fRoots magazine
“...A well nigh unique album” Traditional Music Makers Magazine
“Delightfully embodies our motto: from the fiercely traditional to the frankly eccentric” Islington Folk Club, London
“Rare and compelling ... passionate and engaging” Time Out