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Blues Radio International Interviewing Doug MacLeod at the Blues Music Awards!
Enjoy these photos of Jesse Finkelstein of Blues Radio International interviewing Doug MacLeod yesterday at The Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Look for Doug’s interview, stories and live performances of songs from Exactly Like This to air soon. Jesse Finkelstein of Blues Radio International interviewing Doug MacLeod yesterday at The Blues Foundation's Blues Music… Posted by Reference Recordings on Thursday, May 7, 2015
Doug MacLeod and RR in Oregon Music News
Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This and RR’s own Jan Mancuso got nice mentions in the February issue of Oregon Music News: He doesn’t record other people’s tunes. The masterful acoustic Blues guitarist and singer only records his own. He has done that again on this album which follows up his award-winning There Is a Time from 2013, which won Blues Music Awards’ Best Acoustic Album. He won Best Acoustic Artist Award that year, too. Co-produced…
Blues Music Magazine Features Doug MacLeod
The latest issue of Blues Music Magazine has a fantastic feature and interview with Doug MacLeod. Read a sample here and then register to get the full issue online for free: In May, 2014, he was awarded not one but two Blues Music Awards in the categories of Acoustic Artist of the Year (after being nominated for this award for the past six years) and Acoustic Album of the Year for There’s A Time on…
Doug MacLeod Gets Four Stars from Downbeat
Four stars to Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This recording from Downbeat Magazine: “Doug MacLeod sets up camp in a rare niche of storytelling bluesman that are attuned to the textures and rhythms of life. On this excursion, the wry Californian’s distinctive singing voice and straight-talking guitar comment on a “rough-and-tumble” woman, staying true to oneself, the road back home, the splendor of the Blue Ridge Mountains and more. Subtle and firm support is supplied by…
Exciting “Dubb” Notes
Doug MacLeod to Play at the Blues Music Awards For the second year in a row, Doug MacLeod will perform during the Blues Music Awards festivities on May 7, 2015 in Memphis TN. Below is a video from last year’s Blues Music Awards: Live Concert Radio Broadcast East Grinstead (UK) community radio station Meridian FM will present its first-ever live concert broadcast from The Red Barn in Blindley Heath featuring acoustic blues master Doug MacLeod!…
Exactly Like This Will Leave A Lasting Memory
UK independent music blog, Bluesdoodles, gives Doug MacLeod and Exactly Like This high praise (and high “paws”): “Doug is a blues player that sings and writes the songs telling stories he wants to share with you. …Heaven’s The Only Place the penultimate track following a blues take on rock N’ roll again is stripped bare with vocals that are full of yearning and soulfulness leading to the closing number You Got It Good (And That…
Living Blues Reviews “Exactly Like This”
Living Blues has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This release: “Exactly Like This, Doug MacLeod’s latest offering in a career that spans nearly 30 years. MacLeod considers Exactly Like This to be a tribute disc of sorts—the guitar riff in Vanetta is an obvious nod to John Lee Hooker, while Jerry Reed’s influence can be heard on Ain’t It Rough? Others songs, according to MacLeod, reflect the influences of his other musical…
International Acclaim for Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This
Reviews are coming in from around the globe for Doug MacLeod’s new Exactly Like This recording: UK Reactions “…one of the very best acoustic blues exponents in the world…..strongly recommended.” —Lionel Ross/Blues In The Northwest “…definitely not your regular audiophile lift (elevator) music. This is partly because it’s played live without overdubs, but largely because he’s a very capable blues guitarist and singer with some fine backing. Sound: 10 Music: 8” —Jason Kennedy/HiFi+ “…Doug is…
Doug MacLeod is a Musical Storyteller
Blues critic Eric Campfens has a new review for Doug MacLeod and Exactly Like This in both Blueszine and Maxazine. Read the English translation below and see the reviews in the original Dutch using the above-mentioned links. “A musical storyteller is a way you could describe Doug MacLeod best. And after nineteen studio albums, several live CDs, DVDs, various awards and nominations, and songs covered by several artists, he is a singer-songwriter of importance. His…
HiFi+ Rates Exactly Like This a 12!
HiFi+ Magazine critic Jason Kennedy says Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This release is off their scales: “Once in a blue moon a recording comes along that warrants a rating for sound quality above nearly all the rest, and more often than not Reference Recordings releases fall into this category. I can’t give this album 12 for recording quality, but that’s what it warrants; it makes your system sound as though it costs at least twice…
Exactly Like This Is More Than A Good Title
“Exactly Like This” is more than just the title of Doug MacLeod’s new recording says radio host Ian McHugh: “Doug MacLeod is a man who understands that performance is the cornerstone of music. He gets the fact that no matter what studio trickery is involved, what instruments are played and all the other ephemera that other musicians obsess over means nothing if a song isn’t delivered with soul, commitment and honesty. It was a fact…
Making A Scene Nominates Doug MacLeod for 2016 BMAs
Making A Scene‘s Richard Ludmerer says Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This “almost guarantees him two more [Blues Music Award] nominations in 2016.” “Doug MacLeod has been nominated for thirteen Blues Music Awards. He finally won in 2014 for both Acoustic Album of the Year, “There’s a Time”; and more importantly as Acoustic Artist of the Year. His song “The Entitled Few”, from that album, also received a 2014 nomination as Song of the Year. ……
Boston Concert Reviews Listens to Exactly Like This
Nelson Brill of Boston Concert Reviews isn’t just listening to Doug MacLeod‘s Exactly Like This, he’s listening for what’s coming next: “The blues are storytelling personified and there is no one as agile and wily in telling the blues as Doug MacLeod, 2014 winner of the Blues Music Awards for Acoustic Artist of the Year and perennial favorite here at bostonconcertreviews. Macleod has just released his latest recording on Reference Recordings, entitled Exactly Like This.…
Bman’s Blues Reports Exactly Like This is “Quite Good”
The Bman’s Blues Report has a break down of the Doug MacLeod Exactly Like This recording: “I just received the newest release (March 10, 2015), Exactly Like This, from Doug MacLeod and it’s quite good. … [Rock It Til The Cows Come Home] has an acoustic basis but it really does rock. With a solid piano groove and acoustic guitar instrumentation MacLeod’s vocals push the track. … The spirit of John Lee lingers in [Vanetta]…
Exactly Like This Gets Four Stars From Audiophile Audition
Audiophile Audition‘s Robbie Gerson gives Doug MacLeod’s new Exactly Like This release four (out of five) stars in this latest review: “The material on ‘Exactly Like This‘ is very good. The recording environment by Reference Recordings is superlative. The live studio intimacy is enhanced significantly by the full sound of the 24-bit HDCD. The guitar resonates with natural vibration and echo. McLeod’s baritone reverberates with subtle prominence. Engineer Keith O. “Prof” Johnson” captures the essence…