Beck Siàn: Press

"Some singers have only to utter a note and instantly, you're transfixed. They've reached out, touched your soul. Beck Siàn has that rare quality. In Beck, you sense she's on a journey and, for a short while at least, you're a traveling companion. She draws inspiration from the subtropical rainforests of her native Australia, creating what she fittingly calls 'Haunted Forest Music', through voice, guitar, whistle and didgeridoo. It's mystical, magical music, spiritual and enchanting. There are touches redolent of Kate Bush, to whom Beck is related, but these are mere brush-strokes of influence. Overall, it's as distinctive as it's original. With a soprano voice to die for, her approach is highly individual, the ambiance emotional and utterly entrancing. She's charismatic, convivial and funny on stage - in short, a real show-stopper! Her outstanding debut album is called 'Unfurling'. And artistically, that is precisely what Beck is doing. Unmissable." (Julian Badcock - Wheaton Aston Folk Festival 2007)

“Really great. She’s got an amazing voice…”
Reg Presley (The Troggs)

“Bucketloads of charisma and a fabulous, enchanting delivery…”
Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel)

“She is fabulous!”
Genevieve Tudor (‘Sunday Folk’ BBC Radio Shropshire)

"She silences audiences with her breath-taking voice. She sings of storms, nature, emotional journeys and a ghost story or two. This is stunning music with a Celtic foundation, a Supernatural thread, a World music vibe, a Gothic darkness and, dare I say a new category, of Fantasy Folk!"
Haunted Forest Productions

“A multi-layered unique artiste with a vocal gift to carry her anywhere.”
Judith Durham (The Seekers)

“Beck Siàn conjured up a magical evening of great good humour, enchanting music, disarming honesty – and just a spoonful of craziness! Her exuberance and love of life is infectious.”
Phil Gillam

“It is one thing to be admired by the Folk Establishment and a whole other matter to be taken into the hearts of the audiences, which Beck Siàn is. Everything about Beck tells you she is a star.”
Bob Lines (St. Valentine’s Charity Folk Festival 2007)

“Her presentation is impeccable: between her songs she tells her story in her soft Australian accent, on equal terms with her audience. It’s like listening to a new friend. Her beautiful voice delivers her beautiful words wrapped in velvet: she captivates.”
Tony Charnock (Topic Folk Club 2006)

“Her vocal range and haunting delivery raises the hairs on the back of your neck.”
David Parker (The Beat International)

Beck Siàn - 'Unfurling'

"For virtually all of this disc's 53 minutes the result is charming and intriguing and yes, quite magical. Both earthy and unearthly. Weird even, sure. Charisma aplenty, an amazing singing voice, and a quirkily original writing talent are but three of the common factors, but Beck sounds like no-one else even though there are occasionally theatrical touches in her delivery which definitely remind me of Kate Bush. As well as possessing an amazing voice, Beck's a multi-talented musician, on this CD playing guitar, tenor recorder and Celtic harp. As a general observation, Beck's music - and her writing - is marked by a quite special quality of tactile sensuality in the way that she uses her chosen images and sounds; she also has a natural ear for creative instrumentation in her settings, for the most part eschewing the obvious effects and going instead for innovative colours that genuinely enhance the words. My favourite pieces here are those where all these expressive virtues come together in a unified attempt at conveying a special experience or mood or quality of atmosphere: the extraordinarily powerful 'Under Thunderous Skies', also 'Moss', 'Tangled In Green', 'Mountain Ash' and the two brief a capella tracks. Beck's music is seriously enchanting; she clearly has a very special talent. Generally speaking, Beck's music isn't really like anything else you will have heard."

"Haunted Forest Music Wins Over Audience"

Beck Siàn
The Keay

"Saturday night saw the sensational Beck Siàn give her first performance at The Keay, St. Austell. The scene was set with candle-lit tables providing the perfect setting for the evening ahead. The stage was decorated, with the microphone dressed in Autumnal roses.
Beck walked on stage as if she had been doing it all her life. She has a tremendous stage presence and began by talking a bit about her background. This was carried on throughout the evening between songs.
She has a unique voice, amazingly with no prior singing tuition, a talent for story-telling and is a multi-talented musician."

"The beautiful and haunting voice of Beck Siàn lulls the listener to another place... a wild, forgotten realm inhabited by faeries and spirits, where raindrops fall upon tangled ferns and ivy... where hidden things dwell! To listen to her songs is like taking a stroll through a secret garden... or a Haunted Forest!"
Faerie & Fantasy Masquerade Ball 2009