“This is the most remarkable disc of the year (…) with HUSH, nothing is usual…the result swings back and forth between uplifting and touching – always fresh and playful and above all, extremely musical.”
(Het Parool)
“[Fischer and Dorrestein] perform with direct and powerful simplicity. Fischer has a voice of fragile purity and beauty, and does indeed make these 400-year-old songs sound box-fresh.”
(The Guardian, ★★★★★)
“A restrained electric guitar and a phenomenally beautiful female voice; on Hush, those two ingredients turn out to be enough to show how beautiful these songs are.”
(Luister Music Magazine)
Working alongside celebrated guitarist Marnix Dorrestein, one of Nora’s long awaited dreams finally became reality: the redefinition of early music songs. 17th Century composers such as Monteverdi, Purcell and Dowland have provided songs with an incredible beauty that are extremely close to the pop music of today, only with a performance practice that is usually far away from the ears of this generation. With this project, Nora & Marnix place these songs in our time. Stripped of mannerisms, sung in a lower key and performed in the purest version: simple, timeless and intensely beautiful. Sometimes groovy and soulful, sometimes silent and soul piercing. Approached with the creativity of songwriters in the 21st century.
The album won an EDISON award in october 2018!