“Daphne Roubini's original tunes bring to mind Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz with Billie Holiday as vocalist.”
－ The Vancouver Sun
"She’s Daphne Roubini, the one with the Billie Holiday voice, all breath and wistfulness."
－ Kenny Berkowitz, Ukulele Magazine
"Black Gardenia features the marvellously jazzy vocals of singer/ukulele ace Daphne Roubini"
－ Stuart Derdeyn, The Province
“Daphne Roubini's original tunes bring to mind Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz with Billie Holiday as vocalist.”
－ The Vancouver Sun
"Transporting listeners back to a time of martinis, lounge suits, and hazy cigarette smoke... the fact that Roubini's originals are indistinguishable among the stacked line-up is the biggest compliment of all"
－ Georgia Straight
“Here we find what it would have sounded like if prime Billie Holiday hooked up with the Hot Club for a one off that wound up setting the sky on fire. An utterly smoking journey through a past that never was, this is how you polish a stone into a gem. Killer stuff throughout.”
－ Midwest Record
“This Jazz/country/folk/blues band filter everything they do through their own special musical time capsule.”
－ North Shore News
"The musical equivalent of taking a bath in a barrel of finely aged bourbon.”
－ Robert Collins, CTV BC
"With her meticulous approach and spare proficiency, Roubini delivers an interesting lyrical narrative."
－ Audiophile Audition
“Evocative vocalist Daphne Roubini sounds at once retro – think Billie Holiday and Madeleine Peyroux – and yet cheekily modern and on trend.”
－ Georgia Mancio, Artistic Director and Founder, Revoice! Festival, London, UK
“Some of the hippest Ukulele that you can hope to hear.”
－ Ken Pickering, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
“The Duo’s original tunes bring Django Rheinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz to mind with Billie Holiday as vocalist.”
－ The Vancouver Sun
“Ruby & Smith manage to do it all at once, her low, longing heartache beautifully matched by his sweet lightness.”
－ Kenny Berkowitz, Ukulele Magazine
“The two uke aces have crafted a jazz-dusted record made for hanging out on a ramshackle porch in Louisiana at sundown, a mint julep in one hand as the fireflies hover in the forest.”
－ Mike Usinger, The Georgia Straight
“A serious ukulele album of accomplished and smooth jazzy-blues which also demonstrates that Daphne Roubini has a marvelous voice.”
－ Jonathan Aird, Americana UK
“Instantly captivating, Ruby & Smith ooze charm with their stripped downapproach to jazz/folk balladeering.”
— Robert Collins, Music Correspondent, CTV BC.
“Ruby and Smith were a great hit at our festival, both in concert and in the fantastic “learn to play ukulele” workshop that they presented at the 2019 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Skilled instructors and performers, Vancouver’s “First Lady and Duke Of Uke”, play and sing everything from self-penned classics to vintage jazz and evocative versions of traditional folk songs, extremely well.”
