BRIAN PETERS :What the Press Says
"A
singer, guitarist and melodeon player of rare ability"
Dirty Linen (USA)
"No singer outside Nic Jones and Martin Carthy has
embraced the tradition and used its wellsprings in as vivid and ingenious a
way"
Rock'n'Reel
"A
performer of real stature.... He plays and sings to an excellent standard"
The Living Tradition
"An
outstanding singer, musician, teacher, with energy and passion"
Simon Kravis, Former A.D., Australian National Folk
Festival
"Varied
and excellent.... Considerable and undoubted talent"
Folk Roots
"Those
seeking to find out more about the melodeon will find few masters to equal this
one"
Folk On Tap
"This is
really good and you should buy it.... absolutely bloody gripping"
Folk Roots
"Amongst the front rank of English musicians on the concertina and melodeon"
English Dance and Song
"His playing
is inventive and without fault, his vocals are strong and evocative, and his
stage patter holds your interest while you are holding your sides. This guy
is bloody good"
Enda Kenny, Folk in Victoria (Australia)
"An album
of great depth and beauty, one of the most satisfying traditional English releases
I've heard in some time"
Dirty Linen (USA)
"One of
the English folk tradition's finest guardians…. among the finest box players
around…. he brings out the nuances of the good tale and he's one hell of a guitar
player"
Rootsworld (USA)
"An excellent
singer and guitarist, he shines equally on accordion.... the tradition is alive"
Musikblatt (Germany)
"A splendid and extremely
expressive singer, and a fine instrumentalist"
Roots & Rhythm (USA)
"One of our most inventive,
yet integral, folk performers.... completely at ease with whatever he might
choose to perform"
Taplas (Wales)
"A first-class all-rounder....
sings classy songs to most effective guitar accompaniments"
Traditional Music Maker
"Brian is one of Britain's
finest concertina / melodeon specialists, and possesses a fine voice to match....
the love of the material fair jumps out of the speakers"
Folk Roundabout
"Brian Peters brings all
of his material brilliantly to life, and even the well-known songs sound fresh"
Shirefolk
"Boy, can this chap play
well - bags of rhythm, plenty of feeling for the music"
Folkwrite
"Some beautiful songs....
his compositions are also tops. A great CD!"
Rootstown (Belgium)
"Considerable and undoubted
talent"
Folk Roots
"The highlight of the festival for many participants..
his musicianship,
vocal ability, expertise and humour impressed us all.. standout performance
in the final concert"
Tricia Lee, A.D., Auckland Folk Festival
"A singer, guitarist and melodeon player of rare ability..
an unusual repertoire, and unusual conviction in singing it.. this is one I
will listen to for years to come"
Dirty Linen (USA)
"Another excellent set from Brian Peters"
fRoots
"Really excellent songs, performed to his usual high standard..
magnificent instrumental playing"
The Living Tradition
"Each successive Peters release has trumped the one before
it, and the sequence continues unbroken.. at the top of his trade"
Stirrings
"A multi-talented musician and singer who just seems to
get better and better each time I see or hear him.. his deep love of traditional
music and
song are there for all to see"
Folk Northwest
"Squeezeboxes are profoundly magical instruments, and Peters
is one of the finest box players around"
Rootsworld (USA)
"A front-rank English musician on melodeon and concertina"
English Dance and Song
"He did a stellar job.. We loved his singing and especially
admired the passion and excitement he brings to contemporary and traditional
material..a wonderful teacher."
The Woods Camp Summer School, Ontario, Canada
"One of my top five ballad singers"
Grit Laskin, MD, Borealis Records, Canada, and ex-Stan
Rogers Band
"The best set of Child ballads I've ever heard, both in
terms of repertoire and performance"
David Kleiman, editor Digital Edition of the Child
Ballads, and New York
Folk Song Society
