CD Review - Rock and Reprise - By Frank O. Gutch Jr:

Goddamn! Every once in awhile an album comes long that makes me want to get out of my chair and do a little jig and this week (month... year...) it is Toni Vere's Just To Be, a country roots phantasmagoria for everything that roots can be and seldom is. The Alternate Root Magazine pointed the way, stating something to the effect that... just what the hell did they say? I can't remember because when I followed the link and clicked, the music coming out of the speakers did a mindsweep. At first I thought I shouldn't be liking it but like a guy with a finger in a light socket, I couldn't pull away. I still can't.  Read the full article ...

"I wanted to let Toni know and congratulate her on making the OutVoice Top Ten Song Chart for April, for "Wonder Why I Am Here? as well as the Top 40 CD Chart, "Just To Be", for April. The charts may be found at www.outvoice.net. I hope that Toni will consider submitting music so that I may include her in my shows for OutVoice at Rainbow World Radio. All information on our free GLBT artists promotion may be found at www.stonewallsociety.com/artpromo.htm. Here if I may be of assistance.
All the best & congratulations again!" - Len Rogers

The Cochrane Eagle May 2010 Press - Lindsay Wilson

 It’s not all the way folk, downright country or straight-up blues — it’s a tasty mix of all the above, and Vere pulls it off with a set list that’ll hold any room, making the audience smile all the while.  Originally from Lethbridge, Vere considers herself a songwriter before a guitar player and a vocalist. Vere not only has a strong focus on songwriting, but also an enormous energy on stage ... read the full article

Leichster Bangs Interview May 2010:

Leicester Bangs: How did you start out making music?
Toni: Music picked me at the tender age of 5. I started writing songs when I was 12... living in a small town of 500 people didn't offer much in the way of recreation. I wasn't into sports, boys, or alcohol... I did what any good-natured odd child would do... I turned to music... (laughs)! Read The Full Interview 

 CD- Review - Dan MacIntosh Ariel Publicity . "Vere has gone through some major life changes over the past decade or so, and you cannot understand the present and future, without also analyzing the past.  Just to Be is a fine ideal........we are made to embrace what we were, are, and hope to become, and this 11-song release finds Vere appreciating the here and now as best she can.  There are moments when Vere comes off somewhat like a female version of John Denver.  It’s not hard to imagine that Rocky Mountain man, for instance, singing the praises of nature, as happens during “My Backyard”, or considering a family heirloom, as Vere does with “Grandma’s Old Guitar”. Folk is probably the most encapsulating description of what Vere creates, although there’s a whole lot of country thrown into this mix.  Vere is at her country best during “Which Train Did I Miss”, which rumbles down the tracks at a mighty powerful clip.  It’s a road song, and every songwriter’s got one in him/her" 

 Press April 2010 - "Just To Be" is the beginning of an outstanding career that draws from a myriad of life experiences and musical stories.  If There is one thing that Toni Vere wants to say to say about her CD and advise she gives to her fans it's this:  " We all have the right to be who we are.  I have struggled with trying to be who people thought I should be for the lions share of my life." - Gay Calgary - by Sam Casselman