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The Audio Beat reviews There’s A Time LP
The Audio Beat has published a host of new Blues vinyl reviews, and Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time LP gets some high marks: “This is the first blues release by Reference Recordings, and it’s quite an accomplishment for a freshman effort. I’ve heard most of Reference Recordings’ LPs over the years, and for my money this is the best-sounding yet. Forget the ones on your personal list; I’ll wager that you will find the sound…
Blues Blast Music Awards Nominates Doug MacLeod!
The Blues Blast Music Award Nominations Have Been Announced! In early May, a group of Blues music industry professionals including music critics, journalists, festival promoters, music venue managers, musicians and other Blues music industry professionals nominated the best of 2013 Blues music in ten categories. Voting to determine the winners begins July 15, 2013 and continues until August 31st, 2013 on TheBluesBlast.com Doug MacLeod has been nominated for the following Blues Blast Awards: Song Of…
Doug MacLeod on KPFT
Earlier this week we shared the audio from Doug MacLeod’s appearance on KPFT. Now you can watch the video via our new playlist. Check out all four videos below: Order There’s A Time in the following formats: HDCD2-LP Set! – NEWHRx 176kHz/24bit download from HDtracks.com
Doug MacLeod Visits Quality Record Pressings
As you may know, all of our new Reference Mastercuts LPs are pressed at Quality Record Pressings in Salina, Kansas. Well, Doug MacLeod recently took a visit and signed some copies of the LPs and took a tour of the facilities. Watch the video below: Order There’s A Time in the following formats: HDCD2-LP Set! – NEWHRx 176kHz/24bit download from HDtracks.com
Doug MacLeod on KPFT Houston’s Wide Open Spaces
Click to the 2:00:00 mark to hear Doug MacLeod on KPFT Houston’s Wide Open Spaces: Your Browser doesn’t support this stream, so listen HERE Support this station by visiting their website! Order There’s A Time in the following formats: HDCD2-LP Set! – NEWHRx 176kHz/24bit download from HDtracks.com
HP Soundings says to Savor Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time CD
The new Harry Pearson publication hp Soundings has a slew of “New Blues Recordings To Savor” on its site, and taps Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time recording as “Soul music, through and through.” “Macleod has recently rambled over to Reference Recordings and through their Fresh! Label imprint recorded his 2011 Brand New Eyes (‘Brand’)[FR 703] and now, on the Reference Recordings label, has recorded There’s A Time (‘Time’)[Reference Recording 130]. Both titles are superb…
DownBeat gives There’s A Time Four Stars
Noted Jazz magazine DownBeat has a new review for Doug MacLeod and gives the new There’s A Time recording four stars: “It’s a spare, intimate and inspired performance. The Californian’s casually confident singing and quiet yet powerful bottleneck or fingerstyle guitar playing convey a sense that his true stories about colorful characters he’s met on the road and his own emotional responses to life situations hold insights for listeners.” — Frank-John Hadley, DownBeat Order There’s…
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…
Announcing THREE New HRx Recordings!
Three New HRx Releases now available on ReferenceRecordings.com: Playing With Fire Music by Frank Ticheli Combines the mighty Dallas Wind Symphony with enthusiastic playing by the seven-piece Jim Cullum Jazz Band! Order Today! Eglar: Enigma Variations Vaughan Williams – Greensleeves/The Wasps A new symphonic tour-de-force. This colorful, beloved English music has been captured by GRAMMY winning engineer Keith O. Johnson! Order Today! There’s A Time Doug MacLeod “Prof” Johnson’s first Blues for RR, recorded at…
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…
Now Available – Doug MacLeod There’s A Time LP!
Doug MacLeod There’s A Time NOW available as a 200-gram vinyl two-LP set, 45 rpm, half-speed mastered and pressed at Quality Record Pressings (RM-2507) ‘Prof.’ Keith Johnson’s first blues recording! 13 new MacLeod originals highlight this richly detailed recording, done at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA. by Reference Recordings’ Grammy® winning engineer. Also featuring Doug’s longtime bassist Denny Croy and Jimi Bott, one of the most recorded, awarded and respected blues drummers in the…
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…
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…