A couple of quick reviews for Doug MacLeod’s “There’s A Time” release: CharlestonScene (Post and Courier): “MacLeod’s effectiveness as a performer comes just as much from his voice as it does from his guitar. That voice, with its unidentifiable drawl, is as smooth and thick as honey, and is perfectly suited for telling stories while MacLeod’s fingers pick out a melody on his guitar. Listening to “There’s a Time” shows why MacLeod has been at…
Doug MacLeod talks with Oregon Music News about recording There’s A Time below: Doug MacLeod talks “There’s A Time” Read more about this interview and see great videos at www.oregonmusicnews.com There’s A TimeDoug 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. Track Listing: – 1 Rosa Lee, 2 Black Nights, 3 The Up Song,…
“Doug MacLeod is one of the most respected bluesmen in the world.” That’s a good start from an even better review from Sheryl and Don Crow on their Don And Sheryl’s Blues Blog: “Doug’s vocal style is steeped in the traditions of the old-time travelling troubadours, and, just like a great storyteller, his lyrics will make you think. There are too many highlights in this set to count… The man affectionately-known to his fans as…
Now Available for purchase in stores and online: There’s A TimeDoug 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. Also featuring Doug’s longtime bassist Denny Croy and Jimi Bott, one of the most recorded, awarded and respected blues drummers in the world. Doug says: “Making this album was different than any other one I’ve…
UKjazzradio.com’s Blues is the Truth host Ian McHugh has some high praise for Doug MacLeod’s new Reference Recordings release There’s A Time: “Doug MacLeod is not a name that I had come across before, but now I’ve heard his latest release ‘There’s a Time’ he can count me as a firm fan…It’s simple music, performed with love…What a performance it is too, haunting and powerful, with dynamics that emphasize the drama in the stories of…
Blues blog, Bman’s Blues Report, has a review of Doug MacLeod’s new release There’s A Time: “Black Nights, a smooth acoustic blues and not only does MacLeod shine on vocal but also really digs in on some nice blues riffs on his Gibby C100FE…St. Elmo’s Rooms and Pool is one of my favorite tracks on the release. Again delivered in a somewhat spoken manner, MacLeod’s vocals suck you into this track. With light breezy guitar…
Audiophilia‘s Anthony Kershaw has been a fan of Doug Macleod for over fifteen years, and says that Doug’s latest release There’s A Time is cause for celebration: “Any new Doug MacLeod release is a cause for celebration. That we have him recorded by the benchmark for audiophiles, Reference Recordings, is a double celebration. “This audiophile has very high expectations from both artist and engineer. They were matched easily. Engineer Keith Johnson has the aural skill…
Announcing Two New RR Releases On Sale Through March 25th! Use our special discount code: NEW-RR and receive a 10% discount on one or both of these two new RR titles Enter the discount code when ordering There’s A Time New Midwest Record Review “All these years and all his collected praises later, he makes a new record, recorded live in the studio at Skywalker Studios and he still has the same cover pic smirk…
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Firebrand Magazine has an early rave for Doug MacLeod’s new Reference Recordings release There’s A Time: “This is the blues in its most basic form, laid bare, and not updated, or dragged into this century by any means…I found myself being transported away on some invisible blue mist, to places I’d not visited before too often…this album is a showcase for just how beautiful a well played acoustic guitar can sound…you can’t say you’re a…
Take a listen to Doug MacLeod’s full track “St. Elmo’s Room and Pool” on RR Radio: ‘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. Pre-Order Today!
A taste of what to expect from Doug MacLeod’s new Reference Recordings release There’s A Time: ‘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. Pre-Order Today!
Our San Francisco Ballet Orchestra recording of Delibes: Sylvia and Coppélia gets listed as a Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity “Spring 2013 Secrets CD.” Here’s the posted review from Jason Victor Serinus (originally posted on San Francisco Classical Voice): “There are at least three compelling reasons to buy this recording. The music, suites drawn from Léo Delibes’ complete scores for the ballets Sylvia (first produced at Théâtre de l’Opéra, Paris, in 1876) and…
Barry Forshaw and Graham Williams of the UK’s Classical CD Choice both have rave reviews of our latest Kansas City Symphony Elgar/Vaughan Williams recording: “History might be said to repeat itself in these utterly splendid American performances of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, with Michael Stern adopting an utterly persuasive approach to this music, stressing (if anything) its internationalism. What makes the disc particularly cherishable is the typically luxurious 24-bit sound quality afforded by Prof Johnson,…
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