"One of the world's most elegant live bands."
--The Times (UK)
"This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious. And it seems to speak to just about everybody … from grade-schoolers to grandmothers to the young and hip and beautiful."
--The Washington Post
"Lauderdale pulls out numbers from around the world like trinkets from his jacket lining."
--JazzTimes
"[Pink Martini] delivers a knowing sophistication backed by skillful arrangements … Ms. Forbes is an unpretentious, pitch-perfect chanteuse who can be breathy and girlish or sultry … she tempers heartbreak with savoir-faire."
--The New York Times
"Multilingual and defiantly cosmopolitan, Pink Martini have vacuumed up songs from Turkey, Japan, Romania and beyond, using lush string and horn arrangements that hark back to the days before rock’n’roll."
--The Sunday Times
"Pink Martini’s live show conjures a fantasy of ageless glamor. This is formal play, baroque and zany, ritzy but also childlike."
--JazzTimes
"The songs swoosh past like fabulous gowns in a vintage fashion parade."
--Telegraph
"No matter how Pink Martini gets described, there’s always an element being overlooked, a reliance on phrases such as lounge, cosmopolitan rumba or neo-classical that only tells part of this rich story. Impressive at every musician’s station, this ensemble produces music that’s charming and elegant … "
--Variety
"Pink Martini do more than just rehash their influences; by dabbling in different sounds that they love, they've come up with their own."
--AllMusic
"Pink Martini definitely is an original force in contemporary music even as it basks in eclectic nostalgia. It also bridges, better than any band in recent memory, the high-brow/pop culture divide."
--The Washington Times
"Jam-packed with unlikely excavations, inspired collaborations, obscure covers, and lyrics in languages ranging from Japanese to Neapolitan, (Pink Martini) is a gift to music magpies the world over."
--Interview magazine