Marie's warm & friendly, funny, deadly serious then scandalously rude (and gets away with it), she has time for a word with everyone she meets, and she's got a great voice ......... it's wonderful to have her back again"
- Maghull Day of Music
"She has the sort of direct local ethnic approach that makes Jenny Beaching and Vin Garbutt so immediately appealing. What is remarkable and suprising is that when she sings she turns out to have the sort of rich, pure tones of which international folk superstars are made, if she were to care about such things, which I rather doubt."
- Karl Dallas, Melody Maker
"Most singers feel it important to include a high measure of 'topical' songs that show some social conscience. This has always been the case with singers like Marie, and yet it is obvious to her that entertainment is the name of the game. Hence her repertoire of songs veers through cotton songs, mining songs, music hall, country and pop songs, and judging by her popularity it is a winning combination, yet she manages to stamp her style on each song with ease"- Jez Lowe. Singer, songwriter