Classical.net Reviews Kansas City Elgar – Vaughan Williams Recording
Brian Wigman of Classical.net says the new Kansas City Symphony recording of Elgar and Vaughan Williams is “about as good as it gets“! “This very fine CD is about as good as it gets. Reference Recordings has long made some of the finest sounding records in the business, and this recent release is no exception. None of that would matter if the music making wasn’t exceptional, but it is. These wonderfully played, entirely convincing performances…
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)
Coming Soon from Fresh!
A quick teaser for an upcoming release on Fresh! From Reference Recordings: Watch on YouTube
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…
Viviana Guzman and Jeremy Jouve play Traveling Sonata
Viviana Guzman and Jérémy Jouve perform a movement from the title track of their recent release Traveling Sonata by Roland Dyens: Watch on YouTube Traveling Sonata: European Music For Flute & Guitar Viviana Guzmán, fluteJérémy Jouve, guitar An adventurous program of European masterworks for flute and guitar, from scintillating young artists VIVIANA GUZMÁN and JÉRÉMY JOUVE. Their outstanding performances have been captured brilliantly by Grammy®-winning recording engineer Keith O. Johnson. A winner for all audiophiles…
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…
Traveling Sonatas Artists Perform Borne Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen
Another great video from Viviana Guzman and Jérémy Jouve featuring the Borne: “Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen” from their Traveling Sonata recording: Watch on YouTube Traveling Sonata: European Music For Flute & Guitar Viviana Guzmán, fluteJérémy Jouve, guitar An adventurous program of European masterworks for flute and guitar, from scintillating young artists VIVIANA GUZMÁN and JÉRÉMY JOUVE. Their outstanding performances have been captured brilliantly by Grammy®-winning recording engineer Keith O. Johnson. A winner for all audiophiles…
Doug MacLeod on the Elwood Blues Mobile
Make sure to tune into The BluesMobile Radio Hour with Elwood Blues throughout the week, as Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time track, Rosa Lee will be getting some major coverage! March 30-31, Rosa Lee will be the final track of the show, and on April 3rd, Rosa Lee will be named an Elwood Blues Break of the week! Check out www.TheBluesMobile.com to listen and for more information Watch on YouTube Order There’s A Time…
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:…
Audiophile Audition Recommends Traveling Sonata
Audiophile Audition has a new review for Viviana Guzman and Jérémy Jouve’s new Traveling Sonata recording and says that several of the “new-minted works with fresh new sounds make for an appealingly varied program.” The reviewer, Lee Passarella, calls the unique pairing of flute and guitar a pairing of “gentle” instruments and states that Guzman and Jouve programmed some perfectly tailored transcriptions – “all of which have a soothing nocturnal quality to them, Satie’s ironically…
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…
Doug MacLeod at The Bing Lounge
In case you missed the live performance of Doug MacLeod at The Bing Lounge (or if you just want to watch it again), take a look at the video from the performance via Kink FM: There’s A Time Doug MacLeod ‘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 our Grammy® winning engineer. Prof.’ Keith Johnson’s first blues recording! 13…