Baby's
Got The Blues
CD
Reviews & Feedback
The Good, The Bad and The Not-Quite-So-Pretty*
A BIG thank you to all the djs and
writers that have taken the time to send in their
comments, emails, and
playlists, and of course for playing the cd in
the first place.
And thanks also to their listeners
for listening!
The majority of the following
comments have been
posted for us
to our radio distributor's site. (see our "Hear Music" page for their
link...)
Unfortunately, most of the
emails we had received directly in 05 & 06 that contained charts
and
playlists were lost when our hard drive crashed.
We had planned to post
them here as well, but procrastinated until it was too late.... Is that
a lesson, or what!
2008-7-22
Thank you for sending the CD*. We have
played some tracks in our Radio Show " Miles and More, Jazz vom
Feinsten! " played every 4 Weeks on Radio Ostfriesland. Further did we
put your CD into the internal archive of Radio Ostfrieland, so that
other sending Formats on Radio Ostfriesland also can take part of your
Music. Thank you for helping us to do a Radio Show with good Jazz
Music. We don`t earn Money with our Show and have to buy all the Musik
ourself, so we are very thankful for helping us! Greetings from
North-West Germany sending Heiko Rocker and Ralf Cramer.
Heiko Rocker, Miles and more, 94.0 FM
- Radio Ostfriesland, Aurich, Germany
*Ae aren't sure which of
our 2
cds; there has been some overlap. But we haven't started a page for
"Are You Ready" yet. It's that old procrastination thing again.
2008-4-01
Not my style of blues.
AJ Ketchum, WRFG
89.3 FM -
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
2008-3-10
Received cd* two weeks ago and it is
getting regular exposure on my show. Good cd and I especially like the
title track. After a few more weeksplay I will do a 20 minute feature
on the cd. Thanks Bill Sharpe (host of Cool Jazz On The Coast, weekend
jazz radio show)
Bill Sharpe, CKSJ Coast101.1 FM
- St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
*Again, we weren't sure which of our 2
cds he meant since we sent him both at the same time but in separate
packages. We decided to keep
his feedback here (at least for now) because a) we haven't started a
page
for "Are You Ready" yet. And b) we do know that he played the title
track of BGTB)
2008-1-31
Hi Jamie and Iain, What a refreshing
change of pace! Regular listeners rang the phone off of the hook.
Please keep on doin' what you do...It's AWSOME!! Also looking forward
to airing your new CD, "Are You Ready?" Mike Flowers, Producer Mystic
Mile, Wednesdays 3-6PM CDT KZUM 89.3 FM, 833 Elmwood Ave., Lincoln, NE
68510 www.kzum.org/mystic mflowers@lps.org
Mike Flowers, KZUM 89.3 FM - Lincoln,
Nebraska, U.S.A.
2007-11-19
This is one of the most wonderful Cds I
got in the past year. It is an important part of our jazz programming,
but it is also a great Cd to play anytime thru our mixture programming.
Well done, excellent work, great music and a very very nice
presentation.
Rafel Corbi, RPEM FM - Palafrugell,
Spain
2007-11-6
(Baby's Got The Blues)....but not when he
listens to you! Good groove...nice tones....Snakein' round the scene in
an easy suit!! Thanks, Mitchell Mendys WKNH
Mitchell Mendys, WKNH 91.3 FM -
Keene, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
2007-11-3
Hi to you all. Many Sincere thanks for the
Cd you submitted to us. We have played it, and think that it is well
worth having tracks from the CD included into our playlists. The
charactor of the music style presented gives this CD a unique feel,
with an individual personality presented inside it's contents. Great
work, and we sure look forward to hearing from you in the future. Kind
Regards, graham@soundwavefm.co.nz
Graham J Barclay, Soundwave FM -
Onekawa, Napier, New Zealand
2007-10-13
Hi Guys, great work on this disc full of
great songs. One of the best we've heard in a while. One to be proud
of. Thanks, George Young
George Young, Country Club
Productions Pty Ltd. - Prospect, Australia
2007-9-4
Over the last few several weeks I've been
promoting this blues cd in my radio show. I love this cd, it’s a great
Album. I play it a lot at home too. Bertwin Bijleveld Blues and friends
/ The Netherlands
Bertwin Bijleveld, Golfbreker Radio
107.2 FM - Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
2007-9-2
Full album was presented in "New music
hour" program. Radio Continent (Kiev)
Victor Kaminskiy, GRS Radio - Kiev,
Ukraine
2007-8-14
ok ok
Abraham K. Mekuria, KZSC 88.1 FM -
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.
2007-7-31
Fantastic album. Great stuff for our radio
station.
Alex
Pijnen, BRTO Radio - Netherlands
2007-4-20
I played the cut "not thinking of you" on
the november 19, 2005 show. I added the cd to the station library
november, 2005. roger slugg, host of take names later blues" on kunr-fm.
Roger Slugg, KUNR FM Radio - Reno,
Nevada, U.S.A.
2007-3-15
An interesting album with a few tracks
that I'll be able to play on my program. In fact, I have already played
track 1 on air and expect to play more shortly. All the best, Harold
Ellison, "The Jazz Cafe", hce42@austarnet.com.au
Harold Ellison, Shoalhaven Community Radio Inc., TripleU-FM
- Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
2007-3-2
Hi, I host a weekly blues show in the
Netherlands. I like your music and I like to play your songs and let
other people get to know you.
Bertwin Bijleveld, 107.2 FM
Golfbreker Radio - Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
2007-1-21
This cd is a wonderful mix of blues and
jazz that is fitting into many different shows here at the station. In
fact the jazz programers have pretty much put claim to it. It's a very
clean and well produced cd that offers plenty of versatility and tons
of talent. Thank you so much for getting us this quality piece of work
to share with our listeners here in Lincoln, Nebraska. I tip my
hat not only to the artists for creating such a fine cd. But to RDX for
distributing music of this caliber. Without this service we may never
have known of Blues Element here in the heartland. Thanks again. Al
Lundy at KZUM Lincoln.
Al Lundy, KZUM
89.3 FM - Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
2007-1-21
It took a while to finally review
this cd. It is a smooth flowing cd and I have 2 cuts in rotation now on
swing2jazz at live 365.com. Good luck and continued sucess. Brenda
Brenda Budd, Swing2Jazz / CHAI 101.9
FM -
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2006-12-3
Greetings - I host a weekly syndicated
blues radio show, At the Crossroads (www.atcblues.ca), out of western
Canada. Here's your first appearance in the show!
Brant Zwicker, ATC Blues Network,
Kamloops, BC, Canada
2006-11-23
This is a great Cd. I will be posting a
review to our site very soon along with some streaming samples...
2006-12-2: Review Posted here:
http://www.cdreviewsbyyou.com/review.php?reviewID=115&styleID=1
Rob Lardie, CD Reviews By You,
Burlington, ON, Canada
2006-11-22
"After listening to this CD, I gained a
new
respect for Alec Fraser's talents as a producer...."
Full length review posted here:
http://www.geocities.com/ddrocker/rockintheblues-cd-reviews-blueselement-babysgottheblues.html
Diane. M. Wells, Rockin' The Blues
From Canada, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2006-11-19
Baby's
Got The Blues, A cd that I will play in my show. blues with a great
B.
The coming weeks I will give it airplay on the show, you can look on my
homepage www.blues-time.nl and click on playlist, and
you will see. I hope that I find the cd in the stores so I can
give
it away in my show. All the best from a blues fan.
Rick Stulp, Vechtdal FM - Nieuwleusen,
Netherlands
2006-10-31
A very professionally played and produced
album with tremendous vocals. This is a MUST album.
Tony Bates, Highlands 100.7 FM
- Victoria, Australia
2006-10-20
Thank you for your CD. I have passed it on
to our Blues DJ, Dave Barker, for use on his Blues program aired
Sundays 4-9 pm.
Maria Pollington, STAR FM (formerly
Break O'Day FM) - St. Helens, Tasmania
2006-10-15
Hi, thanks for sending a copy of your
album "Baby's Got The Blues". Loved Jamie's vocals particularly - a
great jazzy voice. Outstanding tracks for me were "Crazy Man Blues" and
"There Was A Time" - and I'll play one of these at least on my next
programme (23rd October). There was probably too much B3 organ playing
for my taste, but loved the guitar and percussion. The piano on "So
Much To Learn" was great. Best wishes,
Alan Anderton, BCB 106.6 FM -
Bradford,
West Yorkshire, U.K.
2006-10-4
NICE TRACK #3 MY FAVORITE.
Al Jonusas, WRHC 106.7 FM -Three
Oaks, Michigan, U.S.A.
2006-9-16
Dear Friends, several weeks ago I received
a copy of your latest album and I now want to thank you so much for
sending it to me. I hope you will excuse me for not replying sooner
but, due to all my musical activities here, I am always a little slow
in writing. "Baby's Got The Blues" is a very good album, it is subtle
and pleasant, event thanks to the excellent arrangements and that
superb voice of Jamie Browning. In fact I immediately started
playing it in my radio show of American roots based music at
Radio Voce Spazio and did it several times then, as you can see
from the alleged playlists. Please stay in touch and do not hesitate to
inform me about your future plans. I look forward to hearing you
soon and thank you again so much for your kind attention.Yours,
Massimo Ferro, Radio Voce Spazio - San
Michele, Alessandria, Italy
2006-9-2
My personal comments would include that I
wasn't that turned on by this disc. There's nothing on this that I
would play on my program. More jazz than blues.
Tony Hornberger, KANZ - Dodge City,
Kansas, U.S.A.
2006-8-29
This is an interesting album that almost
works. Good songs, well performed, I just can't use it right now.
Bill Ashford, The Rock Garden, Warpradio.com Worldwide, freeformrock.com
- Ocala, Florida, U.S.A.
2006-8-20
I received your CD, is good, now in
airplay on my radio show.
Maurizio Benvenuti, Radio Incontro FM 91.9 & 103 - Pesaro, Italy
2006-7-7
An interesting duo these two, quite a
mixture of rhythms in here. Have played three tracks, 7, 9, & 1 so
far.
Bill Dewdney, Coast FM 96.3 -
Gosford,
Australia
2006-5-7
folks say tunes great
William Jervis, Radio LU - Luxembourg
2006-5-4
Cuarteto canadiense liderado por la
aterciopelada y sugestiva voz de Jamie Browning, que impone su estilo
con carácter y elegancia. Jammie es autora de sus propias
canciones, todas ellas impregnadas de un estilo propio e intimista,
mezcla de jazz, pop, groove, rock alternativo, folk y r&b. El disco
ha sido muy bien grabado y producido, el mérito debe adjudicarse
a Alec Fraser quien además toca el bajo en algunas de las
canciones. Los músicos que forman este ‘Blues Element’ consiguen
que todo suene en su sitio, sin fisuras y con clase, dando como
resultado un trabajo serio, personal y ambicioso que esperemos sea el
principio de una larga y continuada carrera para un grupo que se merece
lo mejor. BUENO.
A four musicians canadian band leaded by the suggestive velvety Jamie
Browning’s voice, who gives us her musical style with a great
temperament and good taste. All songs are Jamie own compositions
where she has given her own intimistic style, a mixture of jazz, pop,
groove alternative rock, folk and r&b. Alec Fraser has done an
excellent recording and final production, as well as bass playing in
some tracks. All ‘Blues Element’ band musicians have done a good work
to make everything sound right, compact and teamed, The result is a
personal very ambitious serious work. Let’s hope it is only the
beginning of a long musical career of this band who deserve a
great success. VERY GOOD.
Vincente 'Harmonica' Zumel, La Hora
del Blues, 96.6 FM - Barcelona, Spain
2006-4-25
Good solid songwriting on the
album. A definite crowd pleaser, our programmers were happy to play it!
Jason Wellwood, CILU 102.7 FM -
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
2006-3-21
This is a keeper, Jamie sings well,
and Iain on drums, with a bevy of talented musicians to keep
the songs
on the right path.
Dusty
Durst, KCLC, FM 89.1 - Defiance, Missouri, U.S.A.
2006-3-16
This recording adds a lot of style
to Blues!
Henry Brun, KRTU, Jazz 91.7 FM
- San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
2006-3-13
Good album! Though there not only
pure blues tunes, but rock, R&B items in general it can be listened
as a good modern blues album. It should be also noted that one can
easily to recognize that the musicians are the representatives of
Canada or at least not from the Delta. But anyway it is very
interesting. One can find excellent guitar solos as well as Hammond B3
organs pleasant sounds. One can even try to find some jazz shades....
Good vocal and instrumentation. I listend to it many times and
airplayed. Some of the tunes even were put in the play list in the
evening part of the program... Thank you! I'll try to find another
album of the artists.
Armen Manukyan, Ardzagank Music
Company, 103.5 FM Radio Ardzagank
- Yerevan, Armenia
2006-2-28
Hi, Many thanks for providing me
with the opportunity to hear "Baby's got the blues". Excellent album
and consistent throughout! I've been playing the title track and "Crazy
man blues" on my radio shows and they're getting a good response!
Thanks again and all the best for 2006, Ginger Tony.
Anthony Farmer, Jazz Syndicate Radio,
Greenhithe, Kent, U.K
2006-2-27
Not bad...
John Ford, KAOS-FM, Olympia Community
Radio - Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.
2006-2-18
It is as the female singer entered
the bar at a young age and never left it. A fantastic voice accompanied
with a good instrumental makes this recording absolute a new entry for
our playlist. Thanks for letting us know this cd.
Jacques Jongmans, Dutch Coast Radio -
Netherlands
2006-2-16
Audience enjoyed the album.
Received heavy airplay.
Larry Dane-Kellogg, WHCJ 90.3 FM -
Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.
2006-2-10
Blues, jazz and other variants are
to be heard on this CD. The singer has a good voice, nevertheless, is a
little bit too well-behaved for the bluesier pieces sometimes. Good
album!
Jörg Werner, Radio Umland -
Germany
2006-2-4
Very good! 10/10! EXCELLENT
production quality! I will definitely forward this on for airplay!
Jason (Xu) Marzetti, CJSR 88.5 FM -
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2006-2-1
Excellent blues voice. This is a
nice addition to the library.
Keith Bisset, 2XX FM - Belconnen,
ACT, Australia
2006-1-25
What a refreshing twist to the
blues this music is. I think they'll go a long way, they certainly
deserve to. I'm going to be adding these to the station playlist this
week!
Kathryn May, The Kat & Eye
Jukebox (www.live365.com)
- Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
2006-1-19
Blues Element is getting some play
in our blues programs.
Bob Stewart, KCCK 88.3 FM - Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A.
2006-1-12
This is a really feelgood CD. It's
mellow, and it just calls me back for more. All the time. I love this
one! Christoffer, Still on a mission for the blues...
Christoffer Larson, Nye Radio Larvik
- Toröd, Norway
2006-1-11
Currently being played on Noosa
Community Radio Australia and receiving good feed back.
Wayne Carlson, Noosa Community Radio
fm101.3 - Tewantin, Australia
2005-12-28
This is a very good cd. Personally
I love all the songs. We did some airplay the last week, and results
were good. In the meantime our music director will put the numbers in
our playlists. I assume our listeners want to hear more from your
songs! We wish you good luck with the album and happy holidays.
Erik Vande Voorde, Family Radio
Beiaard - Dendermonde, Belgium
2005-12-22
My personal comments: personally, I
didn't find anything exciting about the album, it does not sound like
someone who came from Blues roots or a Blues background. I passed the
CD on to the Jazz and Blues program director at Radio 88 FM (Israel),
and I'm sure she puts it in her playlist from time to time.
Eli Marcus, Radio 88 FM (Israel
Broadcast Authority) - Tel Aviv, Israel
2005-12-20
Posted radio playlist to the
artists. Fine album of original material which should receive good
reviews by critics and fans alike.
Vasja Ivanovski, 94.1 FM RADIO 2 -
Scopje, Macedonia
2005-12-18
As indicated on the playlists
already sent to you, I have been including tracks from Blues Element's
"Baby's Got The Blues" in my programme, with more to come. It is an
interesting album, as it is refreshing to hear the style of blues
singing that Jamie Browning provides - not a raucous, hoarse sound, as
is often associated with female blues singers, but a more melodic
singing style, full of subtleties and nuances. The songs are strong,
backing complementing the vocals and with good variety, and all in all
it is an album well worth listening to.
Arthur Elliott "Sidestream" Radio
99.7 FM - Brisbane, Australia
2005-12-17
Love listening to it, my listeners
love it. regards, chrissy
Chrissy Rasmussen, 101 FM Radio Logan
- Queensland, Australia
Fantastic Album
Alex Pijnen, BRTO Radio - Netherlands
2005-12-16
Baby's Got The Blues posted
on-demand:
LINKS: http://www.cybroradio.com/control.htm
http://www.cybroradio.com/station160.htm
http://www.cybroradio.com/links3.htm
http://www.cybroradio.com/blues.htm
BLUES SHOW: http://www.cybroradio.com/blues1.now.asx
PODCASTS/BLOGS: Cybro Radio Blues Podcast, Cybro Radio Entertainment
Podcast, Cybro Radio Blogs
Larry Lowe, Cybro Radio - El Cajon, California,
U.S.A.
2005-12-14
Superb voice and a large variety in
the titles. soon chroniqué on my site (still in construction)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mission.decouvertes/pages/albums_newpag.html
Thanks for all, good wishes, Pascal
Paulin Pascal, RCF Mediterranee Radio
- La Garde, France
2005-12-5
Superb! I play this frequently on
my shows!
Mudshark, ArtistSound Entertainment,
KVMR-FM Nevada City - Grass Valley, California, U.S.A.
2005-11-28
More jazzy than blues -- it's a
good CD, but it really doesn't fit the format of my radio show.
Black Jack Ketchum, WRFG 89.3 FM -
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
2005-11-27
Hi, I'm Tércio Freire and I
broadcast in RUA FM - 102.7, Faro-Portugal. I've received and listened
"Baby's Got The Blues" by Blues Element and I've been playing it on my
show that is about old and contemporary folk/blues singer songwriters.
Till now the feedback is very good. All the songs are very nice and
well recorded! Thanks to Blues Element and RadiodirectX for everything,
best wishes for all and hope we keep in touch.
Tércio Freire, RUA FM, 102.7 - Faro-Portugal
2005-11-25
Soulful.
J.Otis Williams, KSDS 88.3 FM Jazz 88
- San Diego, California, U.S.A
2005-11-24
I want to thank you for sending
Blues Element, "Baby's Got The Blues" CD to WBCX! We are pleased
to have the opportunity to present it to our audience throughout NE
Atlanta and greater North Georgia. I will be passing this CD along to
my DJs that produce shows in the following formats: Daytime Diversions,
Melodic Monday, Traditional Tuesdays, Soulful Saturdays. Sincerely,
J. Scott Fugate, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX -
Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.A
2005-11-10
This CD is not quite ready for
international circulation and airplay. I was not able to add it to my
playlist.
Frank Matheis, WVKR/GER NPR -
Pauling, New York, U.S.A.
2005-11-9
Blues is alive and well with new
releases like this. A listener fav.!!!
Mark O'Neill, 103.7 3WAY-FM - Koroit,
Australia
Hello there Blues Element. Thanks
for sending your CD 'Baby's Got The Blues' I have enjoyed it a lot and
given 2 tracks airplay every week in my show. Is it OK to copy it for
other announcers who play blues at the station? Let me know. All the
best,
Rob Robinson, 'Blue Trane' Valley FM
89.5 - Canberra, ACT Australia
2005-10-25
Hello Jamie and Iain, Many thanks
for sending the CD "Baby's Got The Blues" by your band Blues Element.
It's a good record. I really enjoyed listening to "Baby's Got The
Blues". Sure we will give it airplay, I'll send a playlist then. Kind
regards,
Theo Oldenburg, Radio Winschoten -
Netherlands
A magnificent group that demands to
listen to it sincerely. Very requested by the listeners.
Mario Padilla, Radio Contadero -
Cullar Vega (Granada), Spain
2005-10-19
Playlist dated 15th October 2005
Track 1. Great CD, I plan to play many more tracks over the next while.
Keep up the good work and let me know of your future plans. Regards,
Michael Criddle, Triple H-FM -
Horsham, Australia
2005-10-13
My show, The LA Blues Cruise is
geared for Blues, this album is more jazz than Blues, but it does
provide a few excellent Bluesy tunes that we can use. Thanks!
Keith Castleberry, WNSI (WDXZ) -
Atmore, Alabama, U.S.A.
2005-10-11
A good album for the adult market.
I can see this selling well in Europe and possible for ASIA. Cheers and
keep up the good work... be patient and drive this one you have
something.
Damien Rielly, Blue Pie Mzik 4 U -
Randwick, Australia
2005-10-9
I have been playing tracks from
this disc and like it a lot. Has a great blues/jazz sound to it and the
listener resonse has been good. Will continue to play from this CD
Brett Fleming, WEVL FM 89.9 Memphis
www.wevl.org Cordova, Tennessee -
U.S.A.
2005-10-6
Blues Element is refreshingly
simple in form but well presented. Nice background music for a fine
wine dinner.
Keith West, The Fusion show KVMR -
Nevada City, California, U.S.A.
2005-10-5
I have already given my comments
for this album of Blues Element. I did it in Popjablues 777. This time
I choose "Not thinking of you" because it's catchy chorus. Special
is the organ voice in this song and before the organ solo in the
middle of the song there is a surprising bridge in the melody. The
tension in the voice of singer Jamie Browning makes the song more
exciting. Greetings,
Jan
Nederveen, Radio Heerde -
Netherlands
2005-10-4
My Personal comments are that the
band is a very solid and atmospheric, with hot guitar, Hammond organ
and very snappy drumming. A very talented group of accomplished
musicians. However, for my personal taste Jamie is too gentle a singer
for the blues, but sounds more at home on country-style track 6, You
Have My Love.
Ron Burnett, Evening Press - York,
U.K.
Great sound and all original
material, very impressive, very classy. Baby’s Got The Blues has been
played on all three programs and stations.
Steve Morgan, BAY FM 100.3 Brisbane, Beau FM 101.5
Beaudesert and 101 FM 101.1 - Logan City, Australia
2005-10-1
Baby's Got the Blues is an
excellent release, I enjoy the B3 organ groove, the tight interplay of
the guitars, the strong contemporary blues songs and the blues/jazz
vocals of Jamie Browning. Favourite tracks are Baby's Got The Blues,
C'mon, Crazy Man Blues, Not Thinking Of You and Hockey Strike Blues.
Tracks played on air to date are Baby's Got the Blues and Crazy Man
Blues.
David Milne, Huon FM 95.3, TAS -
Australia
2005-9-29
Now, there's a lot to be enjoyed
here, with some fabulous new songs, great musicianship and an added
bonus in the shape of the B3 organ, probably my favourite organ - ooer
missus etc. Which is appropriate as a lot of the material would sit
nicely on a Dana Gillespie album. Funky blues with lots of double and
sometimes single entendres as a quick listen to "Crazy Man Blues" will
attest. However, you need to pick and choose as the vocals of Jamie
Browning take the same laid back approach to all the songs, which
renders some of them flat. When it's good - "Baby's Got The Blues",
"Not Thinking Of You", "Crazy Man Blues" etc, then it's a delight. When
it fails, it's time for the skip button, with "C'mon" programmed out
every time. Overall, though, this is well worth a buy, as you don't
hear this style of blues very often nowadays, and it's one I've always
enjoyed.
Stuart Hamilton, Zeitgeist / MetalUK
/ Space Rock
(http://www.zeitgeist-scot.co.uk) - U.K.
2005-9-28
Great cd!
Tony Cabanellas, KDHX 88.1 FM - St.
Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Your cd is being played 2 times a day.
Jorge Medeiros, Musicatotal Radio -
Portugal
Gets plenty of airplay on breakfast jazz and easy listening programs.
David McCrory, 2NVR 105.9 FM / 2bbb
93.3 FM - New South Wales, Australia
It's a good and useful Blues album. Baby's got the blues is a favorite
one. We use it often on our station.
Harry Boerman, Veluwe FM - Netherlands
Here we have a beautiful album very well performed that would fit in to
be distributed on-line. I love it as it is unusual and masterly
presented. Congratulations.
Yarden ben Yaakov, Radio and Media
Productions - Australia
Jamie Browning's
voice is very
pleasing with a good depth to it. The tracks are good and well
arranged. The tracks I have played so far are Baby's Got The Blues, Its
not You, and the track I like best is There Was A Time.
Ray Porter, Jazz Syndicate Radio and
Real Love Radio - U.K.
Very entertaining. It may be somewhat lighter in tone than most
of the blues I play, but it's well worth playing.
Tom Bingham, WCVF-FM - New York, U.S.A.
2005-9-22
Lots of fun here without the
ultra-serious purist blues tag associated. Used as between segments
music on my daytime talk show the track 'Hockey Strike Blues'(with
appropriate explanations of its Canadian origins) yeilded much amused
feedback, it seems Ice Hockey and Australian Rules Football have much
in common! Other tracks found their way onto my colleague Barb Kuhl's
Saturday Night Blues and Country show. All listenable and very well
received.
Don Smith, Radio Port Phillip (3RPP
FM) - Australia
Excellent blues voice, great
collection of songs. All round positive comments from everyone
(including myself) on this CD. When's the next one?
Sheril Berkovitch, 2CX - Australia
Blues Element make great music. I
love tracks 5, 7, 8, & 9.
Jim O'Brien, 101 FM - Queensland,
Australia
2005-9-17
I have listened to it and I have
liked it very much and I believe that it has very good quality, shortly
I will present it as innovation in my program of blues.
Josep Palmada Verdier (redhotblues@hotmail.com),
Radio Vilafant - Spain
Excellent blues. I don;t listen to
the blues that often but I really enjoy this CD. Perfect blues voice,
great timing. My listeners have enjoyed your CD.
Lilitu Babalon,
Artsound 92.7 FM - Australia
2005-9-16
A surprising new talent that
showcases both a great blues voice as well as a strong musical sound.
Great to listen to and to roll down the highway with........Very
listenable!!
Terry Neal - 101 FM Logan City -
Queensland, Australia
2005-9-15
Cats and foxes, peacefully sleeping on the
border of the night or running through the rhythm of a killing night,
fronting the time and the space with calm strenght: these are the
animals and the emotions coming out from the album Baby's Got the Blues
when you put it on your player and let the music flow through the air.
The cat is the vocal treatment by the group BLUES ELEMENT, full of
black and white shadings. Fox is the rhythm, provided by a so good
drum-bass-guitar interlacement, with an organ-piano base that's the
right carpet to express the right refinement and beauty. Good
arrangements and so good repertoire to reach our ears and our heart.
Preferred tracks: 1 Baby's Got the Blues - 5 Crazy Man Blues
Scazzola Giovanni PietroI, Radio Gold
Popular Network - Italy
2005-9-7
Blues as blues has to be.
Jac Oerlemans, Countrytrack Radio -
Netherlands
2005-9-6
This CD does indeed incorporate some blues
elements but has much more to do with a pop album, the female voice
adds to this strong impression of hearing pop songs all and all
not too bad although sometime a bit too commercial.
Pascal Dorban, Radio ARA - Luxembourg
2005-9-28
Blues Element, oh Yes "that baby
has the blues".... Great vocals
supported by good instrumental skills and suprising and great variety
in tracks make this CD a pleasure to listen to because also some "sweet
blues" are picking one up and keep you focused on this fine CD.
Joost, www.jazzbluestour.nl
2005-8-27
Hey Guys, Today recieved your CD
and very happy with this, now listening to it
and do like what I hear!
CD will be taken into airplay as from coming tuesday and the weeks to
come. Thanks
for supporting the program and good luck to you. kind regards, Joost www.jazzbluestour.nl
Joost van Steen, Alphen Stad FM -
Netherlands
2005-8-18
Baby's Got the Blues by
Blues Element is a wonderful mix of soft Blues and cool Jazz. I would
have no hesitation in recommending this album to those who like the
Blues/Jazz fusion. I will be including at least one track on the next
Blues Connection on Scottish Internet Radio.
Brendan Dowd, Scottish Internet Radio
- U.K.
2005-8-13
This is lovely music. It has
a rather sweet southern soul vibe on a
few of the tracks, which adds a nice feel to what can be a bland music
genre, depending on who's playing it. Jamie's voice is as smooth
as a
good red wine and is a pleasant feature of this recording. The
only
time this album descends into murky territory is on track 6 where
musically and lyrically it gets a little bit trite for my taste, but
that's an otherwise minor criticism of what is an overall fine
release. Can't wait to hear some more in the future.
David
Kowalski aka DJ Jippers -
Australia
2005-8-9
I'm glad to hear the music of BLUES
ELEMENT. It is a cd with music perfectly written for Popjablues. The
voice of Jamie Browning has a strength and a tension; good for
blues songs. The blues is still alive; Blues Element proves that. The
songs are constant in a good quality. In the near future I play for
sure more of this cd.
Jan Nederveen, Radio Heerde -
Netherlands
*Several people have commented on
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with our reviews and feedback.
We've heard everything from "That's a classy move." to "Are you out of
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too, we believe in keeping it real.
We know that not everything
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hard to
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