"Rolling Stone" Australia's Gareth Hipwell observed, "has always tended to eschew the more reticent course of songwriting from a point of abstraction, consistently wearing her profoundest truths and uncertainties on her sleeve. It's an artistic penchant given full flight on free-ranging double-LP "Dragonfly": 'Talkin' Baby Blues', a shot of Woody Guthriesque spoken-word acoustica, is itself a stunningly candid retelling of Chambers' storied life to date." Jonathan Bernstein of "American Songwriter" rated it at three-and-a-half stars out-of five and explained, "[it serves as a summation of sorts of the singer's entire career, a comprehensive, double-album opus that effortlessly switches between Appalachian mountain music, slow-burning folk-rock, melodic radio-pop, Woody Guthrie talking blues, and celebratory country-gospel." At the ARIA Music Awards of 2017 she won her eighth Best Country Album trophy, for "Dragonfly".