"Kirkpatrick's buoyant presence and lust for this music sounds more rampant than ever ".

Colin Irwin - fRoots 2009

JK "delivers all the boisterous bonhomie and seasonal good cheer anyone could want ".

Joan Crump - English Dance & Song

"The inventiveness and dynamism of John's playing are just as top-notch as one has come to expect of such a perfectionist ".

Mike Greenwood - Taplas - Welsh folk magazine - 2009

Q:
"If you were given the funds to organise a concert bill, who would the artists be"?
A:
"To top the bill, my favourite of all the English singers, John Kirkpatrick. He's the only singer who can move me to tears with a song. He's also the funniest man around. A great musician and performer, utterly without pretension".

Shirley Collins in fRoots 'Rocket Launcher'