Kev Gray

<body bgcolor="black" lang="EN-US" link="cyan" vlink="purple" style="tab-interval: .5in"> <div class="Sect"> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+3" face="Century Gothic">kev gray </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> <a href="http://hemlockmusic.com/index.htm"><font color="#00FFFF">Home</font></a></font><font face="Century Gothic" color="#00FFFF" size="4"><br> </font><font face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> <a href="http://hemlockmusic.com/_buy.htm"><font color="#00FFFF">Buy Music</font></a><font face="Century Gothic" color="#00FFFF" size="4"><br> </font> <a href="http://hemlockmusic.com/_contact.htm"><font color="#00FFFF">Contact</font></a><font face="Century Gothic" color="#00FFFF" size="4"><br> </font> <a href="http://hemlockmusic.com/_bio.htm"><font color="#00FFFF">Bio</font></a><font face="Century Gothic" color="#00FFFF" size="4"><br> </font> <a href="http://hemlockmusic.com/_disc.htm"><font color="#00FFFF">Discography</font></a><font face="Century Gothic" color="#00FFFF" size="4"><br> </font> <a href="http://hemlockmusic.com/_reviews.htm"><font color="#00FFFF">Reviews</font></a><font face="Century Gothic" color="#00FFFF" size="4"><br> </font> <a href="http://hemlockmusic.com/lyrics/index.htm"><font color="#00FFFF">lyrics</font></a><br> </font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+3" face="Century Gothic">kev gray - bio</font></p> <div class="Part"> <h3 align="justify"><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic"><b>Hemlock Music – The Antidote to Voodoo Economics </b></font></span></h3> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF">Hemlock Music is the brainchild of Jack and Jill, a group of British arts sponsors, who seek to develop new talent in the UK and Japan. The group chose British songwriter, Kevin Gray, to spearhead their latest venture, while they scour for more hidden gems. Watch this space. </font></p> <p><font size="+1" face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF">Kev Gray is a British singer-songwriter. Previously with the Tokyo band, Akibakei, he built up a cult following due to his quirky lyrics and the odd juxtaposition of his velveteen vocal style and the dark themes that mirror the work of The Beautiful South, The Smiths, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley. </font></p> <p><font size="+1" face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF">Highly respected on the Japanese music scene he won the prestigious Gaijin Sounds 2008 award for his song, <i>How The Story Ends</i>, and was declared 'a lyrical genius' by the national press in Japan. </font></p> <p><font size="+1" face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF">Since then he has produced 3 albums and 1 EP, recorded for soundtracks, and earned a reputation as a top live performer by playing a regular slot at the legendary Crocodile Club in Harajuku, Tokyo, with his multi-band, The Gravy Train. </font></p> <p><font size="+1" face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF">New albums, <i> Antidote</i> and <i>The Veil Has Been Lifted</i>, will be available on iTunes from July 2010. </font></p> <p><font size="+1" face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF">From June to October 2010, he will be on tour in Europe. Please see below for more information and contact details Or join the Facebook or Reverbnation fan sites for more live info Kev Gray & The Gravy Train </font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic">http://www.facebook.com/kevgraymusic</font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic">http://www.reverbnation.com/kevgray </font></div> <div class="Part"> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1"><b> <font size="+1" face="Century Gothic">Biography </font></b></font> </span></h3> <p><font size="+1" face="Century Gothic" color="#FFFFFF">Music Influences Themes Discography Future Plans </font></p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Kevin’s music career started after he was diagnosed rather later in life with a condition known as immaturity. In the past three years, he has toured in the US, Europe Japan and Australia, leading to his sponsorship deal with Hemlock Music. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Earlier in 2008, he was spotted by musical entrepreneur ,Paul Morgan of the prestigious Medici Studios in Australia, and invited to record there with one of the country’s top producers, ARIA-nominated, Michael Stangel of Jellyfish Records. The result was an eclectic mix of recordings of pop jazz, gospel, Latin and folk, that really do transcend any one genre. </font> </p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Originally from Newcastle, he majored in Modern History at Birmingham University, with a post grad in Journalism. Living in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, he worked as a travel writer, a teacher, magazine editor and medical experiment, admitting the latter as perhaps his true calling. </font> </p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">After recording his first songs in 2004 - wedding songs for friends - songwriting binges followed. On business trips back to Japan during 2005-2007, he recorded more songs for a second album. One song –“<i>How the Story Ends” </i> </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>– </i>won the Japanzine Gaijin Sounds competition, and saw him declared “a lyrical genius”. This attracted the sponsorship to develop a website, recordings as a means to sell online, market the music online for soundtracks and open sales alike. </font></div> <div class="Part"> <h3 align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Music </b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">His style has been described a made up person as “shipwrecked music” – a cross-over of jazz, folk bossa-nova, lounge, Latin, gospel, Britpop and a whiff of blues. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic">New Millennium Lounge. Brit-Americana, Acoustic Prozac. Neo-Bossa. He admits to inventing a whole load of phrases to try to make himself look original. The truth being – he doesn’t sound like anyone else, which he puts down to old-fashioned eccentricity: </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic"><i>I don’t listen to modern singer-songwriters simply as I don’t want to be seen as copying anyone else. This would have been a bad move years ago when bands fed on each other - look at the influence of the Beach Boys on the Beatles, and vice versa, for example. The truth is we haven’t had any life changing genres since the 80s. It’s a kind of the End of History argument but for music. </i></font></p> <p align="justify"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic"><i>Look at the 70s – funk, reggae, punk, disco, new wave, singer-songwriter, country rock, heavy metal - then look at the past 10 years -. This is why I am trying to focus on lyrics and vocals, which are the two areas where we can still be unique</i>. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic">Early recordings featured an all-star line up of some of Tokyo’s best musicians: Arnie Baruch on saxophone and flute; the stylish Christy Strothers on female vocals; and his musical mentor, Robin Watson on lead guitar. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic"><i>Being in a studio with those three gems was a defining moment for me. Watching them do their stuff so effortlessly was really inspiring. I felt like musician by association. I called it The Ronald Reagan School of Music – that’s what he did, get everyone else to do the hard work. </i></font> </p> <p align="justify"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic">Since then the band has progressed into the multi-group, The Gravy Train, in that all the members sing or play other instruments. A regular Saturday slot at the legendary Crocodile Club, and starring role in Japan Music Week, enhanced the band’s reputation as one of the best live acts in Tokyo, as the grouped switched singers, instruments, and styles during sets. </font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic">The Gravy Train 2010: Kev Gray //Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica Damien Cavanagh// Percussion, Guitars, Bass Chris Cooling//Bass, Lead Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica Forrest M. Nelson//Bass, Vocals, Guitar Robin Watson//Spanish Guitar, Harmonies Mami //Keyboards </font></div> <div class="Part"> <h3 align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Musical Influences </b></font></h3> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>People around you are important to help you learn about new music. My schoolmate, Dobber, introduced me to John Peel and the whole indie scene. The first songs I could play were all from The Wedding Present’s “George Best” album. Before that I was living in blissful ignorance with a massive 40s-70s record collection at home. I heard ‘Girlfriend in A Coma’ and decided I wanted to play the intro and bought a classical guitar for 7 quid. I still cant play it. </i></font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">He grew up in the dynamic indie scene of the 80s which he describes as “the golden age of lyricists”: </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>It is like the renaissance versus peace and the cuckoo clock analogy in ‘Citizen Cane’, there were some incredible British songwriters that came out of the horror of the Thatcher years</i><u><i>:</i></u><i> Paul Heaton from The Beautiful South; Billy Bragg, Morrissey, and a local Geordie songwriter from Prefab Sprout (check out his wonderful song, The Wedding March). Like everyone else, I love Bob Dylan, but the intelligence, sarcasm and humour the Brits provide is, for me, on a different level. </i></font> </p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Some people like beat, others energy. For me, melody is really important to me, as like rhythm, it is a gift. You either have it or you don’t. If you look at the Beatles who were so musically fertile, just a throwaway tune for them was better than other peoples best work. The same with the Beach Boys, and less famous talents like Glen Campbell and Tommy Dorsey. They just warble away naturally. </i></font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>As a vocalist, I still rate Elvis as the best due to his range of styles, and timbres in his voice. Real raw rock one minute and as sweet as you like the next. It’s a crime against music that he recorded so much dross. For me one of the best albums ever made is The Memphis Sessions (1969), his masterpiece, because they put him with a proper music producer, much like with Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin. I hear songs all the time I wished he was still here to sing properly. </i></font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>I am pretty standard with my love of female singers, all the great black singers: Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone. The bets live performance I have ever seen is Tina Turner when she was young, 1971 from Holland. She looks like she has had some local treats and is just incredible. Saying that, the most talented female musician for me is Joni Mitchell, she had the lot: lyrics, great technical ability, and voice nobody could copy. </i></font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Soundtracks are coming back into fashion, I heard. Pat Garret and Billy the Kid (1973) or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance (1969) are just phenomenal pieces of art I the way they blend with the films so naturally. </i></font></div> <div class="Part"> <h3 align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Themes </b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">His songs are about friends, strangers, countrymen, city folk; his experience; and pure imagination. Most are composites but some are inspired by a single event. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>The Arrival of the Prince</i> is based on a quote from a Japanese friend who said that your wife stops loving you with the arrival of the prince </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Happy Children </i>is about family break up and was written for a short film made in New York, out later this year. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>The Mountain </i>A song about karma. Mentions the time he saved a ‘salaryman’s’ (Japanese businessman) life by pulling him off the railways tracks at Ginza station in Tokyo: </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>He’d fallen down and was knocked out. Nobody would help, and the alarms didn’t go off. He was dead weight and I have this horrible memory of having to push his big pudgy arse back onto the platform using my head. </i> </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Walter Mitty</i> is about a fraud who called to declare his love to his girlie friend while on his holiday. Only it wasn’t his holiday, it was his honeymoon. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Fighting The Tide </i>“This is about a couple I knew where it blatantly obvious they were just ‘friends with benefits’, yet in her mind they were getting married. They clearly didn’t listen to each other or care about what the other wanted.” Sound familiar? </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Gene Therapy </i>is about the reason we have idiots in the world: to make our own lives look so much better than they really are. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">There are some less weighty tunes:<i> Guatemala, </i>for instance, was the first song he completed. A wedding song for his close friends. The bride went to off to work in Guatemala for 3 years while the wannabe groom was left behind pining. All ended up with the best hot spring wedding ever seen apparently. </font></div> <div class="Part"> <h3 align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Discography: </b></font></h3> <div class="Sect"> <h4 align="justify"><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF"><b> <font size="+1" face="Century Gothic">The Veil Has Been Lifted </font></b></font></h4> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b> <font size="+1">Release Date: </font></b><font size="+1">July 14, 2010 <b>Label: </b>Hemlock Music <b>Length: </b>52:14 <b>Synopsis </b>Solo album of single takes. Each song a story, some true. </font> </font></p> <ol type="1"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>The Arrival of the Prince </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>The Veil Has Been Lifted </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>Please Make Me Paranoid </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>Waiting For Django </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>Badman Rendezvous </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>My Old Town </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>Happy Children </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>Bullwhipped in Bed </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>The Man on The White Horse </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li align="justify"><b>Who Will Love The Lonely </b></font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> </ol> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF"><b> <font size="+1" face="Century Gothic">Antidote </font></b></font> </p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b> <font size="+1">Release Date: </font></b><font size="+1">April 26, 2010 <b>Label: </b>Hemlock Music <b>Length: </b>55:30 <b>Synopsis </b>This third release from the British songwriter, Kev Gray, sees a panorama of true stories set to a backdrop of Latin, blues and Brit-pop. Features live hits, Six Feet Under, Laissez-Faire, and Look Who's Calling. </font></font></p> <ol type="1"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Look Who's Calling </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Don't Kill The Man You Love </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Aquarius </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Laissez-Faire </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Letters From Tijuana </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Swingin' </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Wait For The Thunder </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>No. 8 </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Voodoo Doll </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Six Feet Under (Live@ The Crocodile Club, Tokyo) </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Gene Therapy (Live@ Club Passim, Boston) </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>How The Story Ends (Demo) </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>The Mountain (Demo) </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Love Has Set Me Free (Demo) </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> </font></font></font></font> </ol> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>I Should've Stopped There LP </b></font></p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b> <font size="+1">Release Date: </font></b><font size="+1">April 23, 2009 <b>Label: </b>Hemlock Music <b>Length: </b>58:36 <b>Synopsis </b>Anthology of early recordings of Britishsongwriter, Kev Gray. A panoply of styles course through the album from gospel blues (Jordan River) to bossa-nova (Fighting The Tide) and swing (Guatemala). Morrissey met McCartney on the beach. </font></font></p> <ol type="1"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Guatemala </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Hemlock, Rope or Cyanide </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Fighting The Tide </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Let's Face It, I'm Great </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Mississippi 6.Walter Mitty </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font></font></font></font> </ol> <ol type="1"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Jordan River </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Last Time </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Little Bruised Apples </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Stay A Little Longer 11.Wild Wind </font> <font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font></font></font> </ol> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">12. Bald Headed Blues (Original Demo) </font></p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b> Shipwrecked EP </b></font></p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b> <font size="+1">Release Date: </font></b><font size="+1">November 07, 2008 <b>Label: </b>Hemlock Music <b>Length:</b>18:20 <b>Synopsis </b>Award-winning EP recorded at the super deluxe Medici Studios in Melbourne, Australia in autumn 2008. Produced and mixed by Aria-nominated Mike Stangel of Jellyfish Records. Features 2008 & 2009 Gaijin Sounds winners, How The Story Ends and One More Chance </font></font></p> <ol type="1"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>How The Story Ends </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>One More Chance </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>The Mountain </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"> <li>Bald Headed Blues </font><font size="+1" color="#000000"> <p> </li> </font></font></font> </ol> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF"><u> <font size="+1" face="Century Gothic"><b>Oh, I’m Just So Misunderstood… </b></font></u></font></p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>One problem with writing quirky lyrics is getting misrepresented. I have one song called Let’s Face It, I’m Great about the fragility and silliness of the male ego. It is quite obvious that is tongue in cheek, but some people miss the point. A song in a similar vein is the upbeat Hemlock, Rope or Cyanide, again obviously tongue in cheek, yet again it is taken a little too seriously. </i></font></p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>I think the way people interpret songs shows a lot about their character. If they see bitterness, they are bitter; if they see negativity, they’re negative; if they see arrogance, they are insecure. If they see all the wonderful things in my songs, they are wonderful. </i> </font></p> <p><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>I’m quite worried about a new song, Badman Rendezvous. It’s a warped love song about a man on death row, each verse gets more energy culminating in a crescendo of guitars for his execution then a big long bass note as the death knell. The killer eliminates his love rival by letting him live out of the trio. It goes down really well live but as soon as people learn what it’s about they kind of look scared. I’m trying to expand my repertoire of songwriting to more than melody and lyrics, but ambience and concepts and ideas. </i> </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF"><u> <font size="+1" face="Century Gothic"><b>Future Plans: </b></font> </u></font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">With 3 LPs and 1 EP Hemlock Music is now looking to market the songs online to distributors and soundtracks. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Kev Gray is currently on the festival live circuit in Europe from June-October 2010. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Contact: Steve O’ Hagan manager@hemlockmusic.com for more details. </font></p> <p align="justify"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" face="Century Gothic"><i>My Dad asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up. I said a musician. And he said, “Well you can’t do both” </i></font></div> </div> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+3" face="Century Gothic">kev gray - reviews </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" id="table1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">"How the Story Ends", one of those rare tracks so achingly beautiful that the listener is laid out on a bed of melancholy... You'll understand once you hear it. It's an instant classic..." <font size="+1">- <i> Jon Wilks, Editor, Timeout</i> </font></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Kev Gray: genius? Quite possibly. - <i>Jonty Davies, Editor, Seek Japan</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">"How the Story Ends" demonstrates lyrical genius, as well as undeniable instrumental gifts. Imagine, if you will, an encounter between Nick Drake and Antony Hegarty, and you might be somewhere close. -<i> Japanzine</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">...sings like McCartney, moans like Morrisey, writes likes Dylan - <i>Different Class Radio, London 2010 </i></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">"Six Feet Under" is simply mesmeric. An audience of strangers suddenly synced in song - <i>Japan Music Week 2010</i> </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">How<b> </b>The Story Ends<font size="+1"> </font></font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Winner Japanzine Songwriting Competition 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">“A Lyrical Genius” – <i>Japanzine 2008 </i></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Pulled me right in </b></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">From the first note, I was pulled right in. What a great way to start a song. The story and theme are fascinating. I'm having trouble comparing it to anyone else it's so fresh sounding. This tune leaves little room for improvement. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Ardy Michaels from Galena, Illinois </i></font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Fantastic </b></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I only had to hear the first bar of this to know without any doubt that this singer is quite remarkable. A voice of high quality and professionalism with great diction and marvelous intonation. Making comparisons to other great singers is useless. The lyric is testimonial to what great songwriting is meant to be. It is a poetic marvel interwoven into a tight melody with an array of movement and color depicting absolute creativity only to be impacted with an amazing display of sensitive yet well determined and deliberate guitar playing all culminating to an accentuated conclusion of expertise, musicianship and undeniable professionalism.<i> </i> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Henry Monzello from Hacienda Heights, California </i></font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Jordan River </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">#18 Americana Chart, Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Potential Soundtrack overall, Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Track Of The Week on 19Nov 2007 in Americana </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 13 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 27 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 12Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 19Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Americana, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Americana, week of 19Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Americana, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Americana, week of 19Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 12Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 19Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Potential Soundtrack overall, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Potential Soundtrack in Americana, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Wonderful! </b></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">First things first, beautiful voice, absolutely wonderful. In fact the more I listen to this, the more I love it. …This is absolutely lovely, is it an original? The lyrics are great in an honest way and I love the unpolished production (sorry if I'm offending anyone). I just want to go to that river and get clean! </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Whoever is making this music should be getting paid for it, best thing I've heard on this site by a mile, really is! </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Dom Veron from United Kingdom</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Enchanting, melodic spiritual </b></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">A calming, spiritual song sung with such heart and conviction. A classic track that should be heard by the masses .A velvety smooth lead vocal with crisp lyrics and close harmony accompanying. The mood was peaceful and calming and I just drifted off to the mountains with the 'barely there' instrumentation, just a hint of it and it worked. The vocal wasn't compromised. Memorable tune and very commercial melody, would suit film </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Reviewed by: Liddybean from Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>As Time Kept Hurting Me </b></font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Like watching a lazy creek </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">This song makes me feel like looking out the window and seeing a lazy summer day roll by. I can imagine this song appearing in a movie soundtrack </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Reviewed by: Andrew Kasab; Cary, North Carolina </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Fabulous </b></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Everything about this is fabulous. Vocals, lyrics, guitar, the simplicity, the mood, the tone, just out of this world. Whoever you are, you have a mountain of talent. Keep going towards your destiny! </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Reviewed by: pmf155 from Binghamton, New York </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Yes, Lord </b></font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">The mood is mysterious. The lyrics are well thought out. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Had to listen again to get the full advantages of the song. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">One of the best at Garageband </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Reviewed by: Keith Mills from Houston, Texas </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Folk, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Folk, week of 12Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Folk, week of 19Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Folk, week of 26Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Folk, week of 3 Dec 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Guitars in Folk, week of 12Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Guitars in Folk, week of 19Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Folk, week of 5Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Folk, week of 12Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Folk, week of 19Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Folk, week of 26Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Folk, week of 26Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Beat in Folk, week of 26Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Folk, week of 12Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Folk, week of 26Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Most Original in Folk, week of 26Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Feel Good Track in Folk, week of 12Nov 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Little Bruised Apples </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Just what Garageband needed</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Can feel the classic touch in the recording quality and the vocalist. The story your telling is really good. Got some good meanings here. The guitar strumming is really interesting with the upstrums and stops. Good finger work. You put a lot of feel in this one. Great female back ups made it sooo sweet and even sexy. Tasty treat loving it all the way through. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: glowtrash from Munford, Tennessee</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Incredible</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">From the beginning of this song, I could tell this person's voice was incredible, If I would guess, I would say they have had some classical voice training. The vocals are so sweet, and the guitar goes along so well with beautiful voice. I wish there were some more instruments involved just to give that extra bit to the song and really make it stand out even more than it already is. This is really great song. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Definitely the best song I've heard on GB so far. The lyrics are also wonderful. The female vocals were also incredible. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I'm definitely going to download this song. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: liveforthekoa from Bourbonnais, Illinois</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Acoustic, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Guitars in Acoustic, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Acoustic, week of 24 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Potential Soundtrack in Acoustic, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Bald Headed Blues </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">#18 Chill-Out Track in Acoustic, all-time </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">#36 Acoustic Charts </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Acoustic, week of 31 Dec 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Chill Beauty </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I feel like I should be on the beach! This is beautiful & very chill. The melody rocks. The mood... it's perfect afternoon music or beach music. I definitely want to download this song </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: loveandsunshine from Woodside, California</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Gene Therapy </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Acoustic, week of 17 Dec 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Great</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">The band has required mood only. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I find this artist to be of excellent quality. A wonderful voice wrapped in emotion and touching warmth. However, the lyric writing skills of this artist is phenomenal. Coupled with intuitive melody construction, there is nothing but greatness in this songwriter and performer. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">The mood is nothing short of marvelous intoxication. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Henry Monzello from Hacienda Heights, California</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Your Voice BOOM!</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I absolutely love this song. Your voice is so incredible and original. Reminds me of an old songs from the mid 1900's...and did I mention your lyrics? Wow. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Sam Hall Bismarck, North Dakota</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Aquarius </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">#51 Alternative Pop Charts </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Alternative Pop, week of 8 Oct 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Guitars in Alternative Pop, week of 1 Oct 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Alternative Pop, week of 24 Dec 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Just great </b></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Wow, your vocals remind me of Jeff Buckley, you're singing very confident and expressive, and the guitar strumming is great. Guitar recording is very present and the listener can feel every nuance of your song. The chord progression is also great. It sounds like much thought had gone into just figuring out what to play on the guitar. There are not so many songs today that are interesting in a term of good vocal and nice melody and chord progression. Today everyone adds only sonic interest to the most obvious melody and chord progression and they are adding additional interest by making lot's of breaks and bridges in the song. This one is not like that. This one is simple and good, It made me want to try to learn how to play it and sing...And that's just great. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Zock, Prigorje Brdovecko, Croatia</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Don’t Kill The Man You Love </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Alternative Pop, week of 28 Jan 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Alternative Pop, week of 4 Feb 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Alternative Pop, week of 21 Jan 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Alternative Pop, week of 28 Jan 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Alternative Pop, week of 4 Feb 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Great</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I like this song and the vocal is as sweet as can be with a strong delivery good tone and good presence. The guitar playing is just about as good as can get with a perfect accompaniment value and he sings a melody that is stuffed with feelings and good vibes. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">The lyrics walk around the song like royalty and this artist has already impressed me before with solid singing, lyric writing, guitar playing, and performance value. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Henry Monzello from Hacienda Heights, California</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><u> <font size="+2">Guatemala</font></u><font size="+2"> </font></font> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Harry Connick Jr meets Elvis...Sweet!</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">First, this piece is exceptional! In the immortal words of Siskel and Ebert, Two thumbs up. The style of guitar gives evidence of an artist having the ability to make complex sound simple. That is no small feat. The lyrics are catchy, and the vocals...What can I say, I will let the title of this review make the statement. This song just sounds fun to hear. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Rexrambler from Poplar Bluff, Missouri</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">#47 American Charts, Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 30 Jul 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 6 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Guitars in Americana, week of 6 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Americana, week of 6 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 6 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 13 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Love Song overall, week of 6 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Love Song in Americana, week of 6 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Hemlock, Rope or Cyanide </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">You know you’re good don’t you? </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Man, this is a captivating song. Everything about this song is so damn brilliant. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I loved every second of this song! I mean that! </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Reviewed by: Indiana Joe from Richmond, Indiana </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Folk Rock, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Guitars in Folk Rock, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Lyrics in Folk Rock, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Folk Rock, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Folk Rock, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Feel Good Track in Folk Rock, week of 17 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Laissez-Faire </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Wonderful melody </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I just cant help but to crack a grin... this melody is infectious, and I feel a fevered smirk now at the "I’ll sleep with your friends" line. </font> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Great tune. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Habana Green, Pensacola, Florida</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 22 Sep 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 18 Aug 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 22 Sep 2008 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Mississippi </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">#46 American Charts </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Great voice.</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Great spiritual song. A heartfelt performance. Simple and pure with beautiful vocals. It’s rare to stumble upon this kind of music on a site like this. Thanks! </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 3 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Americana, week of 3 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 20 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Mood in Americana, week of 3 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">The Mountain (As I Lay Dying) </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Americana, week of 1 Oct 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Melody in Americana, week of 1 Oct 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Spot-on perfect</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Very unique song. I think the voice at times sounds like the "king"...That's right Elvis!!! You know this song almost has a Gospel feel to it??? Really nice acoustic guitar playing. It is so hard to keep a song interesting enough for me usually with just a voice and a guitar...Not here...The melody is so damn groovy...along with the nice guitar work ,that it was an easy listen. The harmony that comes in towards the second part of the song was a nice addition too, I mean what could be better then one great vocal??? Add another!!!! Brilliant. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Braam Music from Chicago, Illinois</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Quietly Apocalyptic</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Quiet acoustic strumming opens this tune, in which a young man dreams that even though he has done good deeds, he's afraid he's going to be shut out of life. The vaguely Biblical imagery reminds me a little of The Band's "Daniel And The Sacred Harp" and maybe even the old spiritual, "Trials, Troubles, Tribulations." The singer is told he must "Go down from the mountain." It is left to the listener to decide whether this is good advice. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I do wish greater use was made of the pretty harmony vocals that appear all too briefly in the middle of the song. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Dave Erickson,Asheville, North Carolina</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Walter Mitty </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Lovely.</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Ok, it might be the drinks I had earlier but I really really loved this. Really low key and delicate with some lovely chords and a really moving little melody. I love the vocals; they remind me a little of John Martyn. The track as a whole calls to mind British band Elbow. Lovely lyrics as well. Lovely seems to be the word for the day. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I think this might be my favourite track I've heard on GB so far. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: Johnnywas from London, United Kingdom </i></font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Blooooooo... </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Sustaining the first note...I like that...inventive. It leads into a kind of standard sounding guitar figure, but the recording is beautiful...like this Jeff Buckley clone and his voice...excellent...the lyrics are actually pretty good, which is more than I can say of the late great J.B. Maybe he and Nick Drake had a kid when Jeff Buckley was 10 and he is you. Love the minimalist approach to this song </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: LeifAdams from Salem, Oregon</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Alternative Pop, week of 27 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Male Vocals in Alternative Pop, week of 3 Sep 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Best Guitars in Alternative Pop, week of 27 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Chill-Out Track overall, week of 27 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Chill-Out Track in Alternative Pop, week of 27 Aug 2007 </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="+1"><u> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Wild Wind </font></u></font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>Beautiful Guitar Duet-Retro Cool</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">What a great chill song. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">It feels like a soundtrack to something. Quentin Tarrentino would play this in the background of some gory fight scene because it would create the sort of juxtaposition that he bases his whole storytelling method around. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">Great song! </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: birdbath from Livonia, Michigan</i> </font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><b>I wish I had written this!</b> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">First of all, I'm so downloading this if it's available! The guitars sound great, the lead singer's voice is very warm and gentle and I love the style of songwriting, mixing metaphor with matter-of-fact statement. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic">I wouldn't suggest changing this recording at all. Although some reviewers might suggest re-recording in a proper studio (if this was done at home) and adding more instruments, but that would simply detract from the mood of the song and strip it of the context within which it was recorded/written. </font></p> <p align="left"> <font size="+1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Century Gothic"><i>Reviewed by: arranarctic from Portrush, United Kingdom</i> </font></td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"> </p> </div> <br> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table1"> <tr> <td align="center" width="100"> <b> <a target="_top" width="100" href="http://hemlockmusic.com/index.htm"> <font color="#FFFFFF">Home</font></a></b></td> <td align="center" width="85"> <b> <a target="_top" width="100" href="http://hemlockmusic.com/fRindex.htm"> <font color="#FFFFFF">Reviews </font> </a> </b></td> <td align="center" width="115"> <b> <a target="_top" width="100" href="http://hemlockmusic.com/fLindex.htm"> <font color="#FFFFFF">Lyrics</font></a></b></td> <td align="center" width="100"> <b> <a target="_top" width="100" href="http://hemlockmusic.com/fCindex.htm"> <font color="#FFFFFF">Contact</font></a></b></td> <td align="center" width="*"> </td> </tr> </table> </body>