- Abyss Jazz - "If entertainment with a purpose is what you have been looking for, Nokturnal Escape Entertainment's Soul Release is the answer." (River Holmes)
- FCCJ Campus Voice Whatever their reason for coming to Soul Release, it is apparent that the soul that infuses the music and poetry there is what keeps them coming back. (Nicole Smith
- Florida Times Union - "At Soul Release, you come for the words, and the environment is designed to connect the poet and audience in a web of powerful positive energy." (Shange Verge)
- Palatka Daily News - "You've got the adrenalin flowing in my body, I just couldn't sit still. This is what Soul Release is all about." (Dothea Smith, President of the African Cultural Arts Council of Putnam County)
