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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…
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…
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)
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…
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…
Doug MacLeod There’s A Time Earns Some FAME
The Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange (FAME) has quite the review for Doug MacLeod and There’s A Time: “He also writes riveting lyrics, and every one of these songs will demonstrate why he’s earned the moniker of ‘the storytelling bluesman’….You find yourself having to listen to the stories and commentaries being woven while concurrently infected by the argot, feeling as though the whole gig is happening just up the street from your house. Once you…
There’s a Time in the Crossroads Blues Society Newsletter
The Crossroads Blues Society has a wonderful new review of Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time by Mark Thompson in their March-April Newsletter: “Highlights abound, starting with “Black Nights”, a worrying blues about nightfall and the intense feelings it conjures up. “Run With the Devil” is a descriptive portrait of a man from MacLeod’s past who “..played music with a cross-eyed mind.”. The talking blues is set up by sharp slide licks on ‘Owl’. MacLeod paints…
Parcbench reviews There’s A Time
Another stellar review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time, this time from Parcbench.com: “…his songs…may all be original, but the tunes have a classic quality to them that works beautifully when set against the words you’re hearing for the first time. His effectiveness comes partly from his humor, and partly from the undeniable frankness with which he delivers a lyric, avoiding any unnecessary flourishes or embellishments…His vocals tantalize you with a vocal delivery that is…
Bluesletter Reviews Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
The New Washington Blues Society Bluesletter is out, and there’s quite the rave for Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time CD! “Doug kicks off this new CD with a plaintive ‘Rosa Lee’ and this baker’s dozen of acoustic blues is a must for fans of the national steel guitar. The playful ‘My In-laws Are Outlaws’ is a lot of fun, buy my favorites on this CD tap into MacLeod’s ability to be an exceptional storyteller:…
RR and Doug MacLeod There’s A Time featured by Pacifica Tribune
Pacifica Tribune Arts Correspondent, Jean Bartlett, has a wonderful feature on the new Doug MacLeod There’s A Time recording titled “Little big record label out of Pacifica records blues giant” that we’ll quote here, but you certainly should read on www.mercurynews.com! “For the listener, this record is so clear that you feel like you are cheating, sneaking into some elite, top drawer concert where the ticket prices must be many times the cost of this…