I’m honored that #9 made it onto another Best of List for 2016! This time, it was included in the venerable Boston area magazine, Metronome, in their Top Picks of 2016.
Many thanks to Brian Owens for his tireless support of music for over 30 years!
Here’s an excerpt of Rainey Wetnight’s review of #9:
“Clever, original blues songs are almost-subliminally concealed in the middle of several postmodern rockers and ballads – like the “31â€in the middle of the “BR.†On the CD, there’s something to appeal to almost every demographic of a mass audience, like the 31 flavors offered inside each Baskin Robbins store. There’s hard rock, soft rock, an instrumental, an esoteric opener, and (of course) the blues.”
www.bluesblastmagazine.com/mark–nomad-9-album-review/
Here’s “The Noise” review of #9:
Blue Star Records
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9 tracks
Opener “Shrine†is good standard early-70s blues-rock; “It’s Time†is a tough, inexorable slow-burner with a gritty acoustic ambiance and scorching harp. “Give Your Love 2 Me†is a mid-tempo mood-piece about romantic obsession. The rest ranges from the contemplative and lovely acoustic guitar piece (“Dadgadâ€) to a chooglin’, horn-slathered confection (“What’s a Man to Doâ€) to the Dust-My-Broom style cover (“Look Over Yonder’s Wallâ€). Bringing up the rear: the impressively elevated acoustic guitar theatrics of “My Clouds Have Denim Linings†– akin to a Zep number like “Tangerine†– as well as the frantic “Valley of Tears†and the alternatingly bluesy and ominous “We Gotta Live Together.†Solid. (Francis DiMenno)