I've been converted even on first listening
author: David Crosson
"with thoughtful folksy lyrics and tight musical performances, this album crosses a number of genre boundaries smoothly and successfully. With "Slow Burn Avenue", his debut CD, Northrup is seeking to expand the scope of his core audience. And there is no reason to expect that he won't succeed."
"He's Bruce Springsteen with 'fag' on his t-shirt; Bob Dylan with a shrunken hypothalamus. All I know is that I've been converted: even on first listening, this CD got my head bobbing like one of those spring-necked animals that reside on the dashboards of taxis."
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Sparkles with energy and sincerity
author: Roger Levesque
"To these ears, Northrup's songs offer an insightful depth you won't find with most up-and-coming songwriters who can get lost in penning love songs.
Despite it's dark material, 'Slow Burn Avenue' sparkles with energy and sincerity."
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Another Excellent Cd Full Of Great Songs By Andy Northup
author: Michael D. Dowdy
This CD Slow Burn Avenue contains great songs by an very talented sibger/songwriter Andy Northup and is full of excellent music by an singer with amazing vocals and excellent musical style and range.
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A talented musician/poet with a lot to say
author: Canadian Society for Traditional Music - David Gregory
Northrup's songs will be the reason why you may purchase these discs and play them again and again. This is not traditional folksong, but it is, in a sense, "in the tradition". Northrup sounds not unlike a Canadian Martyn Joseph; there were some echoes of Phil Ochs and of the younger Bob Dylan, the underground poet of Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited. Northrup's writing is not political folk music but rather an attempt to probe below the surface of society. There is an empathy with rebels and the disadvantaged, and there is a profound conviction that something has gone very wrong with the status quo. "Normal" is not a term of praise in Northrup's vocabulary. "Slow Burn Avenue," which uses language very economically, is a highly evocative portrait of a street community composed of people whom the more conventionally successful might call "losers". There is a lot in these song/poems about miscommunication, fear, guilt, and the harm that can come both from deceit and dishonesty. Northrup is undoubtedly a talented musician/poet with a lot to say. I will certainly be on the lookout for his next release.
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