"SCOTT TURCHIN covers his bases on RiVER CAN CRY (Songmon) offering a post-Eagles (or is it post-Bob Seger) rock set interspersed with a half-dozen straight up reggae tunes. Since his brand of rock is the same brand I grew up playing (I pretty much already know my parts if I was going to add some percussion to these tracks), it all goes down pretty smooth as far as I'm concered. The reggae tunes . . incorporate dub, female backing vocals and 818 area code patois to good effect and help add an international flavor to an already varied rock sound." Radio legend and Reggae historian/superfan CHUCK FOSTER in the new edition of THE BEAT magazine (Vol.24,No.5 2005)

One sultry evening in Los Angeles I was sitting around deep in my thoughts, when an email popped into my inbox from Scott Turchin, sending me an mp3. Usually when people just send me mp3s attached to emails I go into shock and hope my email server isn't jammed from the large file, usually rant and rave at the sender and delete the email in defiance. But I've always loved Scott's music and I was very, very curious. I clicked on the attachment and was COMPLETELY MOVED beyond to another world. Scott had touched my heart immediately. This song grabs you straight away with his husky voice, such sensitive vocal, sooooo rare to find in a male singing. I was crying. This song brought out every relationship I had ever experienced, the loves the losses. As the tears were rolling down my face, I was continually swept into his story which became mine. How can a simple mp3 do that to me?? I will remember that moment forever. The song was.. "What More" and I thought I had discovered the next number 1 hit. Truly. Weeks later Scott's album was finished and I received it with eagerness. "What More", my favorite song of the year, sits at Track 3 on his new album "River Can Cry", and boy... does he know how to make a girl cry. That's a good thing. Scott Turchin is an emotional yet powerful artist. What else could he offer me that could match "What More"? Well I have an album in my hands that is a terrific opus. It is a smorgasbord of grooves, harmonies, cool hooks and addictive melodies. I immediately popped it on at a party and everyone was dancing. Beyond my favorite ballad, the rest of the album has a great Jamaican groove, and south of the border licks that is so unusual for a white boy, and yet so perfect. I love "Vagabond" and the Bob Marley-esque "Cornucopia" and "Jah Creation". Scott moves through different emotions, from soft and sweet, to rocking happy with "Baby Don't Mind", a catchy chorus that sticks in my head, to a hurting and dark "All In My Mind". With "Betsy" he changes his voice and plays the part well. "Pineapple Head" he uses satire. Scott Turchin is a vocal and music chameleon. Scott is a deep songwriter, and knows writing structure well. He has used some interesting production ideas with his instrumentation including strings, cello, fiddles,B3s and of course Scott's guitars. I highly recommend getting yourself a copy of "River Can Cry" and be taken on a journey, through a tapestry of music, through the islands, and into.... his heart. - Gilli Moon, Songsalive! http://www.songsalive.org

Mr. Turchin is equally adept at writing and performing convincing CCR/Bob Seger-ish rockers and authentic-sounding reggae. He intersperses the two styles on his River Can Cry, making for pleasant, if slightly schizophrenic, listening. Perhaps two separate cds would have been better. Perhaps not. In any case, this is a fun, upbeat collection that I actually listened to more than once - and that's sayin' something. Good one, Scott. Norman Famous Reviews

FROM EARCANDY MAG by Scott H. Platt Reggae and American folk? Played by a white boy? I know it might sound very strange, but Scott Turchin somehow makes it work . . . “White Man” touches on brilliance.