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Sit On The Couch With Doug MacLeod!
Monday, April 29th at 9pm Central time, Doug MacLeod will appear on the BlogTalkRadio show “Music On The Couch” with host Vinny Bond! Doug will join fellow artists Rev Jimmie Bratcher, Anson Funderburgh, and New Music Grand Marquis “On the Couch,” and you’ll be able to call in and ask questions for Doug directly throughout the show! Click here for more information!
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…
Living Blues reviews Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
Frank Matheis of Living Blues Magazine has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time: “There’s a Time delivers what his fans exepct: superlative instrumentation and intimate, witty stories. The disc showcases his ability to connect to the audience, live or on record with his good-natured approach…There’s a Time continues the long history of blues as a story-telling medium, an art form that Doug MacLeod has mastered with literary integrity and serious blues feeling.”…
Now Available for the first time – Full HRx Downloads!
Five Full HRx Albums now available for download on HDtracks! Now Available as 176.4 kHz / 24-bit downloads: Elgar: Enigma Variations/Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Greensleeves – San Francisco Ballet Orchestra “The finale is extremely impressive, aided by state-of-the-art sonics that offer the finest integration of organ and orchestra.” – Classics Today “This new recording engineered by Keith Johnson is typical of the Professor’s natural sound, accorded transparency and depth.” – Audiophilia Conductor Michael Stern leads…
Classical.net Reviews Kansas City Elgar – Vaughan Williams Recording
Brian Wigman of Classical.net says the new Kansas City Symphony recording of Elgar and Vaughan Williams is “about as good as it gets“! “This very fine CD is about as good as it gets. Reference Recordings has long made some of the finest sounding records in the business, and this recent release is no exception. None of that would matter if the music making wasn’t exceptional, but it is. These wonderfully played, entirely convincing performances…
Lloyd Jones and Doug MacLeod Radio Appearances
Lloyd Jones & Doug MacLeod Tune in your radios on next week on April 17th as Doug MacLeod joins KNON 89.3 Texas Blues Radio from 6-8pm CDT in Dallas, Texas and Lloyd Jones joins Bill Wax on SiriusXM’s BB King’s Bluesville Channel from 3-5pm EDT! Listen via:KNON websiteBB King’s Bluesville (SiriusXM)
Coming Soon from Fresh!
A quick teaser for an upcoming release on Fresh! From Reference Recordings: Watch on YouTube
Lee County Courier features There’s A Time
The Lee Count Courier‘s Jim Clark says “There’s a time for cool acoustic blues”: “This is one of Doug’s most intimate CDs, like sitting around with old friends telling stories like “The Entitled Few” and “Run With the Devil.” One of the secrets of that intimacy is Doug, like Nike ‘Just Did It.’…On There’s A Time, his nineteenth studio album, he out does himself with clever hooks, masterful slide work and songs that jump off…
Viviana Guzman and Jeremy Jouve play Traveling Sonata
Viviana Guzman and Jérémy Jouve perform a movement from the title track of their recent release Traveling Sonata by Roland Dyens: Watch on YouTube Traveling Sonata: European Music For Flute & Guitar Viviana Guzmán, fluteJérémy Jouve, guitar An adventurous program of European masterworks for flute and guitar, from scintillating young artists VIVIANA GUZMÁN and JÉRÉMY JOUVE. Their outstanding performances have been captured brilliantly by Grammy®-winning recording engineer Keith O. Johnson. A winner for all audiophiles…
Billtown Blues on Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
The latest Billtown Blues Association Newsletter has quite the rave for Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time recording: “Doug MacLeod is a Bluesman who hearkens to the days of the traveling minstrel, a storyteller who writes his own material based on his personal life experiences. This gives his material a power not found in the works of those who sit down and make songs up, out of the clear blue sky because they think the…