“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 a trouvé.” 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/
“…the songs on Thackston’s eponymous debut record… happened to have been written on various porches from Decatur, Georgia to Cedar Mountain, North Carolina to Wolfe Island, Ontario.” Read the whole article TheDailyCountry newzpharmacy.com.com: http://thedailycountry.com/interviewsessential-8/essential-8-hadley-mccall-thackston
“Our Song of the Day is delivered by the exquisite vocals of 25-year-old Hadley McCall Thackston who hails from Decatur, Georgia. Butterfly is the opening track of her eponymous debut album (out on Wolfe Island Records on June 15, 2018), one that’s sure to win the hearts of many on first listen.” Read the whole article at FolkRadio.co.uk: http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/05/premiere-hadley-mccall-thackston-butterfly/
A new artist finds her voice during an unforeseen pilgrimage that starts in Decatur, Georgia and leads her to an old post office on a remote island of Ontario, Canada Continental Record Services (CRS) distributes Hadley’s record across Europe “Hadley McCall Thackston’s debut album is utterly charming. Excellent songs and great musical arrangements. “Change” is a pretty damn effective plea …
I wrote this song, ‘I’m Taking the Train,’ (featuring the Woodshed Orchestra) as the Artist on board the VIA Rail train, ‘The Ocean’ that travels from Montreal to Halifax. Filmmaker Dave McCallum of Lightstruck Film & Media created this video using footage I captured with my iPhone on board, ‘The Canadian’ that travels from Toronto to Vancouver.
“A great CD. Good numbers, meaningful texts and excellent performance.” — (via Google Translate)
“Let’s begin with props where they are surely due: this album sounds like a rock album should. It has not been overproduced or overprogrammed. Every instrument—guitar, bass, drums, organ—sounds live, regardless of how or when it was recorded. And it’s clear Autotune never touched the vocals, whose imperfections shine like diamonds, reminding you that this is real music made by real human beings.”
It looks like a community centre or a campus – inmates live in shared housing, wear their own clothes, order groceries once a week – but Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institution for Women is a prison. “We can walk around [between buildings],” an inmate tells me, “but we can’t leave.” We’re sitting in a gymnasium set up for a special International …
