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"A rough-and-tumble upstart with an extraordinary sense of rhythm and, at times, a razor-sharp tongue, Bret Mosley has handed over a debut album of first-rate Americana tunes delivered with world-weary wisdom. Everything Mosley does on his maiden voyage, he does with soul..." read full review>>
"...Brooklyn, NY-based Bret Mosley has just released his first studio album Light & Blood on Woodstock MusicWorks records. Five years in the making, the album is roots folk rock at its best...Quietly stunning in its seemingly simple beauty, it remembers slow, warm country nights, sleepy Sundays preaching the gospel and falling in love..." read full review>>
"... as if Van Morrison had come from a sharecroppers’ farm. On “Deliver Me” however, the menace of the more devilish and dark blues tradition is handled equally well, although the comparison is slight, one is reminded here of the late Chris Whitley. The penultimate song, “Climbing the Floor” encapsulates the album, soulful, punchy and evocative. The album ends with a rendition of Amazing Grace which is taken at a fast pace as if the devil was indeed on his trail." read full review>>
"It is such a privilege to have the opportunity to get to hear hardworking, ass-kicking artists like Mosley. The kind of artists that aren’t being force fed to mass consumers. The kind of artists that deserve the kind of audiences pre-fab products posing as musicians garner." read full review>>
"If you didn’t get it the first three times my boss and I either blogged or wrote about Bret Mosley, here it is again: we really, really like him...He’s played the Bearsville Theater before, but Saturday he opened for the Blind Boys of Alabama and was just amazing. I’ve never seen him play with a cellist before so when he told me a cellist would be there, playing alongside a bass, drums and dobro, I really didn’t know what to expect..." read full review>>
"Praise the Lord ! , Amazing Grace ! ....via the Blind Boys of Alabama kwamen wij bij singer - songwriter Bret Mosley terecht die met zijn debuutalbum "Light & Blood" een voortreffelijke indruk laat..." read full review>>
"Wie zich waagt aan Son House’s ‘Preachin’ Blues’ moet ofwel lef hebben, oftewel talent en goede smaak. Texaan Bret Mosley heeft deze alle drie. Ten eerste waagt hij zich, naast de drie covers, aan tien eigen nummers, die qua sfeer nauw aansluiten bij zowel bluesy als folky standaards. Bovendien combineert hij talent met een goede neus voor authentiek klinkende songs, maar eigentijds omgebogen...." read full review>>