Lionel Ross of Blues In The Northwest recommends Doug MacLeod’s latest recording, Exactly Like This:
“…‘Serious Doin’ Woman’ describes the temptations that can confront a musician on the road and is embellished by some lovely guitar work while the instrumental, ‘Ridge Runner’ races along, brilliantly driven by the excellent rhythm section. ‘New Morning Road’ is a down home blues, which showcases MacLeod’s wonderfully rich vocal quality at its impressive best in advance of the superb, foot-tapping shuffle, ’Raylene‘. ‘Heaven’s The Only Place’, a slow and bluesy, philosophical ballad, and the jazz-flavoured ‘You Got It Good (And That Ain’t Bad)’, which features another fine contribution on piano from Mike Thompson, complete this attractively varied compilation from one of the very best acoustic blues exponents in the world. It is lovely stuff and strongly recommended.” —Lionel Ross, Blues In The Northwest