“The Great Unknowing” from Hugh Christopher Brown’s new release Pacem was inspired by his work making music in prisons. The track features Lloyd Ingraham on vocals, one of the first participants in the Pros and Cons program. Brown says, “Coming to terms with ourselves is a great challenge — particularly the ways you have harmed others or suffered yourself. Music is one of …
Sweet chops, Hugh Christopher Brown!
“For a newcomer on the scene her vocal delivery is pretty damn amazing: totally at ease storytelling and bravado rolled into one.” Read the whole article at Here Comes The Flood: http://werksman.blogspot.com/2018/08/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall.html
“From the first flutterings of the opening song, Butterflies, to the closing Last Mountain Waltz the album springs, fully formed, from Miss Thackston’s imaginative mind and the excellent arrangement and production skills of Hugh Christopher Brown.” Read the whole article at Blabber ‘n’ Smoke: https://paulkerr.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/hadley-mccall-thackston-wolfe-island-records/
“Captivating Country Folk Songs For a Fine Summer’s Evening.” Read the whole article at The Rocking Magpie: https://rockingmagpie.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/hadley-mccall-thackston-self-titled-album/
“I think if you spend 15-20 years in a band, you can’t escape the influence on your music whether you want to or not. But the nicest and most consistent viewpoint that has emerged from reviews of Jimmy & the Moon has been that I have stepped away and done something new.” Read the whole article at A Study in …
“Here’s a folksy/trad album with a bit of a modern edge… Intriguing sepia tones.” Read the whole article at Jazz Weekly: http://www.jazzweekly.com/2018/08/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall-thackston/
“It’s a beautifully written account of a young woman’s coming of age, with reflections on childhood, insecurity, adolescence, peer pressure, self-doubt and reconciliation.” Read the whole article at LonesomeHighway.com: http://lonesomehighway.com/music-reviews/tag/hadley-mccall-thackston
“Blessed with a gorgeous rasp of a voice, redolent of Tom Waits, Lou Reed and at times Van Morrison, and with songs soaked in hard-won memories and images that materialise as he sings, he has built up a dedicated core of fans, particularly in Europe and Ireland.” Read the whole article at FolkAndTumble.com: http://folkandtumble.com/interview-with-david-corley/
“Hadley surprises her songs with a versatility that would have been expected of more accomplished veterans” — (via Google Translate) Read the whole article (in German) at Westzeit.de: http://www.westzeit.de/interviews/?id=2148&tp=HADLEY_McCALL_THACKSTON_Keine_Ahnung
“…just one spin of her new album offers a bold proclamation that Hadley has indeed arrived.” Read the whole article at Great Dark Wonder: https://greatdarkwonder.com/snappy-snippets-hadley-mccall-thackston-espanola-claire-coupland-jory-nash/
‘“Timeless” is one of those adjectives music writers throw around like confetti while rarely delving into what they actually mean by it. On the other hand, when you encounter an album by a 25-year-old that feels like it could have been made in any one of the preceding five or six decades, there’s no getting around it: this music feels …
“The southern belle living in Canada impresses her debut album. An addictive pearl.” — (via Google Translate) Read the whole article (in Dutch) at AltCountryForum.nl: http://www.altcountryforum.nl/2018/07/20/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall-thackston/
“A great album. Hadley McCall Thackston is a great promise. Now hope that she can maintain this level and fulfill this promise.” — (via Google Translate) Read the whole article (in Dutch) at Maxazine.nl: http://www.maxazine.nl/2018/07/20/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall-thackston/
“Thanks to producer Hugh Christopher Brown and CRS, we can now also enjoy the irresistible charm of her self-titled debut here.” — (via Google Translate) Read the whole article (in Dutch) at popmagazineheaven.nl: https://www.popmagazineheaven.nl/albums-van-week-28-0
“it is the vocals on the record that make a deep impression… Hadley McCall Thackston has a special voice and a delicious Southern tongue.” — (via Google Translate) Read the whole article (in Dutch) at De krenten uit de pop: http://dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2018/07/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall.html
“The appeal was Thackston’s pure and unpretentious approach to songwriting, and her overall “old-timey” style, which fans of the Be Good Tanyas and Jolie Holland can likely appreciate.” Read the whole article FYI Music News: https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2018/07/06/five-questions-…-hadley-mccall-thackston
“The Americana world is richer in vocal talent. This album deserves to finish very high in the year lists in December.” — (via Google Translate) Read the whole article (in Dutch) at BluesMagazine.nl: https://www.bluesmagazine.nl/recensie-hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall-thackston/
“Indeed as “Last Mountain Waltz” ends things with its yearning for the freedom of the open air, you do wonder how far this widescreen, ambitious record can take her.” Read the whole article MaximumVolumeMusic.com: http://www.maximumvolumemusic.com/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall-thackston-2018/
“McCall Thackston has a bright, buoyant voice ideal for bittersweet love ballads and moodscapes of melody and melancholy.” Read the whole article at Fervor Coulee: https://fervorcoulee.wordpress.com/2018/06/24/hadley-mccall-thackston-review/ But that’s not all! Fervor Coulee also chooses HMT in the mid-year “Favourite Roots Albums of 2018, so far” list: “A beautiful, stunning debut: like Venus, she emerges fully realized…” https://fervorcoulee.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/favourite-roots-albums-of-2018-so-far/
