Amazing and powerful
author: Kristen Miller
Stellar violin playing by Nathan Cohen and Brian King's haunting voice and unique lyrics make this a winning CD. Pure poetry.
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Mesmerizing!!
author: David Goudreau
Simply mesmerizing! Each song transports me into a new realm. From the danger of Deep Waters to the hot, hazy, forlorn summer breezes of Strange Summertime Brian King creates detailed worlds full of emotion. Nathan Cohen’s incredible violin and trumpet playing add greatly to the atmosphere.
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MUSIC FOR BROKEN, RIPPED AND BLOODY HEARTS
author: Leah Callahan, THE NOISE
Brian King has one of the most gorgeous voices I have ever heard, male or female. On a good night he can mesmerize; on a bad night---well he doesn’t seem to have them. King made the right decision to do most of his new CD almost all live. His voice has a richness that doesn’t need doubling or studio help---it can go from a soulful Ella Fitzgerald/ Alison Moyet to an angry growl. And though he cites people I don’t really get like Joni Mitchell and some other ’70s female singer/ songwriters, he has taken all of these influences and created something completely his own---not unlike what Marc Almond did in the early ’80s when he combined a sleazy disco club aesthetic and electro with cabaret. King and his bandmate Nathan Cohen could fit in with a traditional cabaret show, but I don’t think they want to. When Cohen plays violin, he can switch from early 20th century proto-jazz to traditional Irish fiddle, but it always has an undertone of what can only be described as a darkness of sorts. This is not music for hotel lounges, but music for broken, ripped, and bloody hearts. (Leah Callahan)
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