"Lewis has an earthy sexiness to her voice like a subdued Meshell Ndegeocello with a bit of Sade Adu's velvetness for extra spice. And it floats effortlessly through the octaves and vocal placements she's created in her arrangements. There is expressiveness in phrasing in her singing that propels the movement of both the spirit and the body...I'm all for bringing Lilli out from yonder into the forefront of contemporary a cappella music. Hers is a voice to be heard and exalted."

"Lilli Lewis possesses a voice that simply obeys. Dynamic range, style, emotion. Basically, she has such an engaging vocal quality that I could sit and listen to her sing Pink songs all day and be totally enthralled...Buy this album to remind yourself that singing is awesome."

The style of Out from Yonder most closely aligns with the spontaneity of Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs, the soul of Sweet Honey In The Rock, and the harmonic structure of Zulal...As a soloist, Lilli Lewis is phenomenal. Lush, full-bodied, and free.

Lilli Lewis's previous albums have shown her prodigious talents working with other musicians and accompanying herself on the piano. But with "Out from Yonder" she cuts away everything except her extraordinary voice, which she layers into complex rhythms and harmonies. With the exception of her astonishing solo rendition of "We Shall Overcome", all the songs on this album feature Lewis accompanying herself, a one-woman vocal group. On some songs, such as the spunky "Mountain Lady Woman", she provides sparkling back-up vocals and spirited rhythms using claps, snaps and mouth sounds. In "Incantation: Creation", Lewis layers her own voice into complex harmonies and rhythms live using a simple looper, resulting in a canon that builds like waves depositing sand on the beach. Lewis's only collaborator on the album is the Tuvan throat singer Robert Elbers on "Incantation: Flame", in which Tibetan Buddhist prayers join with John Coltrane's "Alabama" to create a universal prayer of astounding yearning and beauty. This is the most striking example of the disparate traditions from which Lewis draws, which also include haunting Native harmonies in "Incantation: Earth" and soothing gospel in "A New Name". These varied traditions combine in Lilli Lewis's music to create a profound spiritual offering, a revelation of ineffable truth in sound. Listening to "Out from Yonder", it's easy to forget that it's the work of one person using only her voice and simple percussion. But then, when you have an instrument as versatile as Lilli Lewis's voice, you don't really need anything else.