Great songwriting and singing, beautiful guitar sound, soulful, precise slide work - everything about this album is good. Kevin Brown's original songs are thoughtful and lyrical without being maudlin, and the best just go straight to your heart.  The slide work is both traditional and unique, the recording is intimate in the best sense of the word - it feels like he's sitting right in your living room, just trying out some songs for a couple of friends. An all-time favorite of mine.
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I  saw Kevin play at the Bottleneck blues club in Rochester and was totally drawn in to not only his slide playing,  but the way he sang his songs.  Like many others I came away with a copy of Mojave Dust and have been singing his praises since.
 In a Willie Nelson kind of way his songs remark upon the obvious in a totally fresh manner,  ?No one but myself to blame?  is within us all,  When you hear the reasoning behind ?When Your gone? it just makes total sense.  Similarly ?Alcohol? holds a message all too often ignored.  These songs are delivered with unassuming charm that often belies the fiery restraint of his playing,  I should imagine once the word of mouth starts,  the name Kevin Brown will have his day within the slide playing/singer fraternity.  This record is a gem and my days are all the better for it.
Dave Howard.
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I first heard about Kevin Brown in Guitarist Magazine. He is not well known where I am from in the middle of the USA. Had a hard time finding a copy of this CD, but once I did, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am hoping he will eventually tour the states and I can have an opportunity to see Kevin in person. Highly recommend "Mojave Dust". Charlie N.
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There are many highlights in this collection of sublime subtlety. Mojave Dust, the title track, is an immediate delight. Gentle slide guitar touches release the dry atmospheric heat shimmering off the Californian desert dust. Alcohol is a  provocative and unusual take on the slow seduction, the comfort of the demon drink and its effect in our lives. This is excellent poetry. Something in the breeze turns to Kevin's local environment concerning the eye-burning pollution on Bristolean streets. Each song merits its own comment. Johnson's Travelling Riverside Blues (the only cover) is suggestion rather than statement. Kevin barely needs to cover this given the quality of his own writing. He has a canny knack of finding a theme in the everyday (death, alcohol, football), and forming thoughtful beauty framed by light fingerpicking and slide work. His observations are expressed by a mature youthful voice. Kevin's music is for listening to; unhurried and articulate you are gently compelled. 
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