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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…
Doug MacLeod Creates A Blues Fan
Doug MacLeod has been touring all over Europe lately, and in a new review from the UK’s Blues In The Northwest, reviewer Jane Edwards talks about how Doug MacLeod turned her from someone “knowing little about blues music, and nothing about Doug” into a fan: “I went along to Liverpool Marina having seen posters on the door advertising Doug Macleod. What a treat. Knowing little about blues music, and nothing about Doug, I wondered what…
Italy’s Folk Bulletin Reviews There’s A Time
Italian magazine, FolkBulletin.com has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time recording. “Acoustic music at its very best … listening to songs like ‘The Entitled few’, ‘The Night of the Devil’s Road’ and ‘Dubb’s Talkin Religion Blues’ cannot fail to fill your soul. His lyrics are always deep, engaging and never dull…” — Fabrizio Poggi, Folk Bulletin Find the full review in the original Italian at www.folkbulletin.com Order There’s A Time in the…
Positive Feedback Reviews There’s A Time Hi-Res Downloads
Positive Feedback‘s Teresa Goodwin has a new review of Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time based on the HRx Downloads available on HDTracks. “There’s a Time is a great recording, very realistic “you are there” sonics with a comfortable sound that makes this album a complete joy, from the first wonderful song to the last. Doug MacLeod’s voice and guitar have never sounded better, the bass and drum back him up to great effect. This is…
Doug MacLeod Nominated For Blues Music Awards
The Blues Foundation announced the nominees for the 35th Annual Blues Music Awards yesterday, and RR’s own Doug MacLeod and his new release There’s A Time racked up THREE nominations! Acoustic Album of the Year There’s a Time – Doug MacLeod Juba dance – Guy Davis featuring Fabrizio Poggi Soulscape – Harrison Kennedy Avalon – Rory Block Unleashed – The Hound Kings Acoustic Artist of the Year Doug MacLeod Guy Davis Harrison Kennedy Little G…
Blues Blast Music Awards Next Week!
Next Week (10/31) brings the 2013 Blues Blast Music Awards Show and RR’s Doug MacLeod is nominated for THREE awards! Song Of The Year: Black Nights (There’s A Time) Traditional Blues Album: There’s A Time Male Blues Artist of the Year: Doug MacLeod So keep your fingers crossed for Doug! Nominee listEvent Tickets Order There’s A Time in the following formats: HDCD2-LP Set! – NEWHRx 176kHz/24bit download from HDtracks.com
Atlanta Examiner Reviews Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
The “Atlanta Live Music Examiner” reviews a host of new Blues releases on Examiner.com, including our latest Doug MacLeod release, There’s A Time: “With a soothing guitar and soulful voice, McLeod effortlessly rolls through a collection of original tunes that is pleasant to the ear.… From the opening track…there is something familiar about this record. I swear I had heard many of these tunes before but they are all McLeod originals. He plays and sings…
La Hora Del Blues reviews Doug MacLeod
Barcelona Radio Show “La Hora del Blues” reviews Doug MacLeod There’s A Time “ A magnificent musician with a lot of swing, great charisma and much experience to perform semi-acoustic blues with taste and elegant nuances, always from a personal, original and clever point of view. … On this new album Doug shows all his talent and energy, singing and playing acoustic guitars, dobros, and also some six and twelve string National ones. Doug is…
Blues Blast covers Doug MacLeod at Winthrop R&B Festival
Blues Blast Magazine has a great review of the Winthrop (Washington) Rhythm & Blues Festival, and includes quite the praise for RR artist Doug MacLeod: “Each morning opened with songwriter, story teller, and Delta inspired bluesman Doug MacLeod. If you have never had the opportunity to listen to Doug talk and play, then you should find him and listen. Aside from being quite funny, he is also inspiring with his down-home philosophies embedded in his…
Inaugural Blues Music Magazine reviews There’s A Time
Art Tipaldi has a fantastic review of Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time in the inaugural issue of Blues Music Magazine: “Doug MacLeod continues to breathe fresh ideas into his music. MacLeod’s warm, almost conversational, vocals coupled with his pinpoint finger picking have been the center of his art for decades. … Decades ago, Doug MacLeod learned that a bluesman reaches people and makes them feel something that helps them get through our world easier. Every…
MusicNews Nashville Loves Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time
Music News Nashville critic, Janet Goodman, has a great new review of Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time CD: “…acoustic bluesman Doug MacLeod always has a colorful story to tell. On his latest album ‘There’s A Time’ – his debut on the Reference Recordings label – the bottleneck-and-finger-style wiz guitarist brings to life thirteen original songs, singing in wails and whispers, punctuating lines with loosey-goosey slides on his National resonator guitars … Not only does he…
The Higher Note Pegs Doug MacLeod There’s A Time as a ‘Gem’
The On a Higher Note blog by Philip O’Hanlon has a a fun review and feature for Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time LP: “I play records at a lot of Shows and Dealer’s Music Events across the country & have never witnessed the reaction that this LP garnered. As it’s a 45 RPM LP; the sides are only twelve minutes long, so I let the whole side play each time I spun this record.…
BluesNews Loves Doug MacLeod’s Story-Telling
German magazine bluesnews says of Doug MacLeod and There’s A Time, “A storyteller par excellence” — “He reduces the blues to the core… This storyteller par excellence manages to captivate again within narrowly defined limits… As with the best live performances of MacLeod, you hang on every word, every whisper, every note played. Absolutely Fabulous.” — Vincent Abbate, bluesnews Read the full review in the original German on bluesnews.de! Order There’s A Time in the…