“. . . picturesque, entertaining, compelling . . . a powerful meeting of the spoken word and music.”
- Cincinnati Enquirer

“Combine storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, with a chamber music trio, add in music composed by a Grammy award winner and former NFL All-Pro tackle and you have what some are calling a totally new entertainment genre.”
- National Storytelling Journal

“Like an old-time radio show, ‘Tales of Appalachia’ opens the door for the imagination to fill in details.”
- The Roanoke Times

“Regan-Blake adds her rhythmic Southern voice to the voices of the three instruments and the images created are so vivid and so powerful that listeners may forget that they are not in the middle of a movie or a play, but rather are visualizing the events in their minds’ eye.”
- Nashville Banner

“The tale had style and sly humor, and the music added sparkle to a story that already had plenty.”
- The Washington Post