Deb Talan

The Boston Phoenix January 16 - 22, 2004

Homegrown folk: Deb Talan branches out on her own and with the Weepies BY CHRISTOPHER JOHN TREACY

There's a reedy catch in Deb Talan's voice that distinguishes her from the seemingly endless supply of girls with guitars who populate the local folk clubs. Along with her poignant songwriting, it's what's made her one of the most promising artists on the softer side of the Boston music scene over the past few years... read article >>

The Brown Alumni Monthly, September/October 2003

Telling the Truth As it Suits Her: Deb Talan joins the ranks of folk musicians writing and producing their own songs.
Reviewed by Jeffrey pepper rogers ’86

...Talan’s third CD, A Bird Flies Out, reveals a polished, literate songwriter working the porous border between pop and fold with a distinctive curl in her voice... read article >>

The Boston Herald, Monday, June 23, 2003
The Edge: Entertainment • Arts • Life • Style

Deb Talan's do-it-yourself Success By Daniel Gewertz

Deb Talan seems like the rare folk-pop singer who would have record label executives reaching for their checkbooks... read article >>

The Boston Globe: Sound Bites, June 26, 2003

The Migrations of a pop songbird By Jim Sulivan

Life is complicated. Most pop songs are not.

Singer-songwriter Deb Talan does not write songs that are complicated in the sense that they’re difficult or disjointed. The western Massachusetts-based, classically trained Talan is nothing if not mellifluous, easy on the ears. But on "A Bird Flies Out," her third album, she’s drawing from a pretty deep well of mixed emotions... read article >>

The Boston Sunday Globe, August 11, 2002

Local Action by Loren King

TALAN-TED: If the voice you hear over the closing credits of Nicole Holofeener's "Lovely & Amazing" sounds familiar, it's because it is that of rising local singer/songwriter Deb Talan... read article >>

Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond
November 2001, Volume 3, Issue 6

Monthly Listings Guide

It's Friday, September 14th. After four days of watching horrific images on television and facing new realities too awful to contemplate, we accept an invitation to gather at the Bitter End to listen to a musical offering, free of charge. In order to lift spirits, to do SOMETHING, musicans Greg and Steve Tannen and friends take the stage. Among them is Deb Talan. Her turn comes and a moment of revelation arrives... read article >>