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Our Musical Journey Reviews Exactly Like This
Exactly Like This gets a rave review and Doug MacLeod adds a new fan in the Our Musical Journey blog: “I need to get my balance, so that I can tip my hat to both Doug MacLeod and Reference Recordings, and kick myself for not finding both sooner. Doug plays all originals and has written somewhere around 300 songs and recorded 17 studio albums. I am truly impressed with Doug’s lyricism and his playing which…
New Release — Doug MacLeod: Exactly Like This
Exactly Like This Doug MacLeod Doug MacLeod is a unique, powerful guitarist with a rich and soulful voice, singing original songs based on his own life and experiences Buy Now! Doug MacLeod’s new album EXACTLY LIKE THIS is his third release with Reference Recordings. This is ‘Genuine Original Acoustic Music’ at its very best, in a richly detailed recording by Grammy-winning engineer Keith Johnson, made at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA. In live performance,…
Blues In The Northwest Reviews Exactly Like This
Lionel Ross of Blues In The Northwest recommends Doug MacLeod’s latest recording, Exactly Like This: “…‘Serious Doin’ Woman’ describes the temptations that can confront a musician on the road and is embellished by some lovely guitar work while the instrumental, ‘Ridge Runner’ races along, brilliantly driven by the excellent rhythm section. ‘New Morning Road’ is a down home blues, which showcases MacLeod’s wonderfully rich vocal quality at its impressive best in advance of the superb,…
Exactly Like This a “Masterpiece”
Cashbox Canada‘s Iain Patience calls Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This a “masterpiece” in his pre-release review: “MacLeod…is easily one of the most accomplished and admired acoustic bluesmen of his generation…’Exactly Like This’ is his latest release, an eleven track masterpiece, choc full of recognisable and nimble fretwork on resonator guitar and careening slippery slide sounds that are his hallmark. His voice seems to improve with age, like a fine Malt whiskey or an expensive vintage…
Doug MacLeod on YouTube
We’ve updated our Doug MacLeod Playlist on YouTube just in time for the March Exactly Like This release! Watch now and pre-order via Amazon!
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Exactly Like This — First Listen
Listen to a sampler from the new Doug MacLeod release, Exactly Like This and Pre-Order on Amazon.com before the March 10th release!
Doug MacLeod on Blues Radio International
Yesterday (1/18/15), Blues Radio International broadcast Doug MacLeod’s performance at the 2014 Blues Music Awards! Doug MacLeod’s new recording Exactly Like This comes out March 10, 2015! Listen to the broadcast below:
There’s A Time Artists Nominated for Blues Music Awards
The 36th Annual Blues Music Awards nominations have been announced, and both Doug MacLeod and Jimi Bott have made the list! The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the nominations for its annual Blues Music Awards, which the international organization will present at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, May 7, 2015. The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded blues music performers. The annual Blues Music…
Doug MacLeod Named Top International Artist
The Blues Matters Magazine has released its 2014 Writer’s Poll, and Doug MacLeod came in as their #3 International Solo Artist! Congratulations to Doug!
Navasota Blues Fest Review for Doug MacLeod
Author Ricky Bush has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s concert at the Navasota Blues Festival last weekend on his Bush Dog Blues blog: “I’ve been a fan of Doug MacLeod for a long time and was thrilled that the blues fest booked him. … The Ol’ blues veteran had them eating out of his hand with his first song. The man has an old soul full of insight and wisdom. Anyone unfamiliar with his…
Watch Doug MacLeod LIVE!
Watch a live streaming Doug MacLeod Concert at The Bugle Boy in La Grange, Texas at 9pm EDT, Friday, August 8th! Tune in from wherever you’re at in the world on ConcertWindow.com! Online tickets are available for purchase now for only $1 and there will not be any re-broadcast — this is a LIVE, real-time, Doug MacLeod concert! Get your tickets today!
Autrement Blues Reviews “There’s A Time”
“There’s A Time” gets a rave review in French magazine, Autrement Blues: “Slide/resonator master Doug MacLeod’s latest album is a genuine bit of brilliance, with changing tempo, skillful picking and thoughtful, laid-back lyrics. Indeed, so good, that it has just swept the board at the Blues Foundation’s awards 2014 in Memphis in May. MacLeod’s work is always strong and sound; music that is always eagerly anticipated by acoustic blues fans everywhere. With this latest CD,…
Doug MacLeod and There’s A Time Win Blues Music Awards!
Last night was The Blues Foundation’s 35th Blues Music Awards, and Doug MacLeod won the Acoustic Artist of the Year, and his Reference Recordings release, There’s A Time won Acoustic Album of the Year! Below are some pictures from the event, and congratulations to Doug MacLeod!
There’s A Time Wins a “Gruvy Award”
AnalogPlanet’s Michael Fremer has launched a new feature called “The Gruvy Awards” for analog products ranging from records to record cleaners, and Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time LP is a first-edition New Records category Gruvy Award winner! “Yes it was recorded digitally (at 176/24) on the Skywalker Soundstage so it’s not exactly an “intimate” club date, but if anyone can warm up an empty room and the musicians accompanying him it’s Piedmont style blues specialist…