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Blues and Soul Reviews Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
The Blues & Soul Magazine has quite the rave review for Doug MacLeod‘s There’s A Time: “Sometimes the very best music can make time stand still. Clocks stop. It’s neither day nor night. The bank balance is irrelevant. The bills printed in invisible ink. Nothing else matters at that particular epoch. You just float away on the wonderful sounds coming from your speakers. There’s also another emotion that great music can evoke, and that is;…
Doug MacLeod Makes the Blues Bulletin
The UK’s Spiral Earth publication has a quick review of Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time recording in their latest “Blues Bulletin.” “And, if ‘There’s A Time’ proves one thing, it’s Doug is all about expression. Joined by Denny Croy (bass) and Jimi Bott (drums) he slows time to catch your ear, making one note talk volumes through his National resonator guitar and life-filled voice. These itinerant stories may have some tough lessons but they contain…
Classical Net Reviews Roberto Moronn Pérez Andrés Segovia Archive
Brian Wigman of Classical.net found our latest FRESH! From Reference Recordings release Andrés Segovia Archive by Roberto Moronn Pérez a wonderful surprise: “When this disc arrived at my doorstep and I read the label “Reference Recordings” on the package, I became very excited. Was it another sonic spectacular from Kansas City? What was in store? The last thing I expected was a guitar recital, and it’s simply wonderful…Fresh! is part of Reference Recordings initiative to…
Gonzo Online Gives There’s A Time Five Stars
Uncle John’s Record Barn on Canada’s Gonzo Online gives Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time Five Stars! “There’s A Time is about as magic a 58 minutes you’re ever going to find on a shiny little plastic disc. A 24 bit HDCD recording, it sounds like being right in the room with the band. “This is the kind of territory Clapton shoots for when he does acoustic stuff- sparse, delicate playing- almost subdued, really- and storytelling…
Chico News & Review With a Rave for There’s A Time
Miles Jordan of Chico News & Review has a short, but rave review for Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time release: “a warm, rich-sounding disc that captures the trio working their way through a baker’s dozen of MacLeod’s unique songs about life’s ups and downs, all played with consummate taste… Playing a variety of mostly National guitars, MacLeod wrings the maximum from each with evocative slide-guitar playing…” — Miles Jordan Read the full review on…
Elmore Magazine Reviews There’s A Time
Elmore Magazine’s Jim Hynes has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time: “The storyteller returns with his engaging tales, by turns scintillating and hauntingly acoustic…Like the best bluesmen, MacLeod is soulful and instantly credible, able to quickly shift from blues shouts to whispers to accent his tunes, and his lyrics run the gamut from despairing to humorous to thought-provoking. As such, the album demands repeated listens…” — Jim Hynes, Elmore Magazine Find the…
Fanfare With A Second Rave for Kansas City Symphony’s Elgar/Vaughan Williams
Fanfare reviewer Merlin Patterson adds a second (First Fanfare review here) Elgar/Vaughan Williams review! “The reason to acquire this disc is not necessarily for the music of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, but rather to experience the brilliant playing of the Kansas City Symphony under the inspired baton of its music director, Michael Stern…The big ticket item on the disc is of course, Elgar’s Enigma Variations and here, Stern and his great orchestra deliver a thrilling…
Kansas City Symphony Elgar/Vaughan Williams Recording featured in Gramophone
The newly available May 2013 issue of Gramophone Magazine features a wonderful interview with conductor Michael stern about the Kansas City Symphony’s latest recording of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, and also includes a new review for the release! “…the Kansas City Symphony sets its sights on another with a second all-English concert for multiple Grammy-winner Reference Recordings, featuring a revelatory Enigma Variations. From the outset, Michael Stern and his world-class band bypass the riddle by…
Steve Daniels on Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
BluesWax Magazine reviewer Steve Daniels gives Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time recording a 10 out of 10 rating! “Two years after his last release, the lauded Brand New Eyes, troubadour Doug MacLeod returns with a set of thirteen tunes that emphasize his versatility and expertise in singing, acoustic guitar artistry, and storytelling. This album is proof that MacLeod’s seven nominations in the last eight years by the Blues Foundation for the Blues Music Award…
There’s A Time Can Save Your Soul!
Too Loud blogger Nebojša Uglješić weighs in on the HRx downloads of Doug MacLeod There’s A Time: Translation of review from TooLoud.co: “I got a notice that the HRx version was now available through HDTracks…the same day I used the special discount code and downloaded the full HRx album. At that moment, I knew that my soul was saved. Hallelujah!… “…Doug MacLeod recorded another superb album. From the opening song ‘Rosa Lee” until the final…
Record Collector News Calls There’s A Time “Stunning”
Record Collector News has a wonderful review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time recording, calling it a “desert island disc.” “Doug MacLeod’s, There’s a Time, just released on CD by Reference Recordings, is that rare nexus of a stunning recording of an amazing artist performing some beautiful songs… In terms of sound quality, song quality, performance quality and any other kind of quality, it doesn’t get much better than this. I kept thinking Muddy Waters…
The Audio Beat on Dallas Wind Symphony Playing With Fire
John Crossett of The Audio Beat has a high-ranking review of the Dallas Wind Symphony’s newest release Playing With Fire: Music by Frank Ticheli: “It is a diverse collection of music that seems to have been written as much for the sheer enjoyment of the listener as to show off the exceptional range a wind band can have in its repertoire. From the powerful to the delicate, the music highlights what these 19 instruments and…
Fanfare Reviews Kansas City Symphony Elgar and Vaughan Williams
Dave Saemann of Fanfare Magazine has a new review of our latest Kansas City Symphony recording: “If taste in music-making can pass from one generation to another, that certainly seems to have happened with conductor Michael Stern. Yo-Yo Ma said of the conductor’s father, violinist Isaac Stern, that he left ‘no tone unsterned.’ Similarly, Michael Stern’s Kansas City Symphony is defined by its elegant and beautiful tone, splendidly adapted to the character of the music…
Doug MacLeod There’s A Time the Stereophile May Recording of the Month!
Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time release named Stereophile Magazine’s Recording of the Month! “His original music, which is what he’s documented in the 12 tracks of this warm, alive, natural, very well-recorded 24-bit HDCD collection…works in wise and pleasurable ways…Though he’s probably best known as a canny, nimble acoustic blues guitarist, MacLeod’s voice, with its prominent crying tone and agile phrasing, is the equal of his string jiggering…his singing is every bit as artistic…
Vintage Guitar Magazine Says Pay Attention to Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
Vintage Guitar Magazine has a great review of Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time recording coming out in their June issue, but we wanted to share this great closing line with you a little early: “MacLeod reminds us of the shared roots of blues, jazz, and folk music. And here on his 19th studio album, he does it in a way that makes you want to pay attention.” — Vintage Guitar Magazine Look for the upcoming…