★★★★★
Those familiar with Anders Osborne's frenetic and electrifying guitar workouts, whether on recent Alligator releases or especially live, may find Peace an unusual name for one of his albums. The cover photo of a young girl throwing you the finger also doesn't exactly scream tranquility. But don't let that title deceive you since even though this is a slightly more introspective and less fiery set, Osborne's songs remain tough, sinewy, rootsy and baked in the funky New Orleans sun...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-10-11
★★★★★
Allowing the first 45 seconds of the opening and title track of Peace to be a wash of guitar feedback and cymbals puts forward a rebellious, musical self-assurance from Anders Osborne that permeates the 11-song set. Yet, lyrically, he remains the searcher, the mourner, the reflective and reflexive songwriter that dominated 2012's spectacular Black Eye Galaxy...
- www.jambands.com
2013-10-11
★★★★★
Peace continues the extraordinary run of work Anders Osborne has produced since joining Alligator records. American Patchwork consolidated his reputation as a great songwriter while forging a new sound that left his roots-rock past behind for a light/heavy dichotomy that contrasted fierce, electric guitar-driven hard rock pieces with thoughtful folk songs...
- www.offbeat.com
2013-10-11
★★★★★
His voice spills out like overflowing ash trays, stale gin and chipped terra cotta tiles. Anders Osborne ain't making excuses or offering explanations; he's bleeding bits of moments, anchoring with tiny details and stubbed toe sentiments that bore into the core. Filigree piano runs, bass notes that ripple out and crisp cymbals lend definition, but mostly space for that world weary voice that has emerged from the muck philosophical and grateful for the ride to be Coming Down's most compelling...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Solitude is a place to marvel, a place for respite, and sometimes it's just plain lonely. And for that third scenario, a love song makes for good medicine. New Orleans-based rock troubadour and guitarist Osborne can be reliably found lyrically trekking somewhere along the borders of this emotional triangle. And Osborne the singer and player provide Osborne the songwriter with the suitable emotional and decibel range for whatever serenity or intensity his subject matter calls for...
- rootsmusicreport.com
2012-05-10
★★★★★
_ Alligator Records_ It might be a mistake to compare Anders Osborne, a New Orleans favorite, but still relatively undiscovered on a national level, and his new album, Black Eye Galaxy to the iconic and massively successful artists that seemingly evoke association. It might be a mistake because it could imply that his ten-song follow-up to 2010's brilliant American Patchwork is an aspiring collection of influences, and that hits the wrong point in a very big way...
- www.jambands.com
2012-05-10
★★★★★
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- www.offbeat.com
2012-04-26
★★★★★
There has been plenty of rhetoric about New Orleans music post-Katrina, but just as 9-11 didn't produce a wellspring of inspired popular music, Katrina has failed to inspire the bumper crop of musical observations that many predicted. There have been a few good songs written about the event and its aftermath to be sure, but the disaster is too large scale to be swallowed whole in a song...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
This three-disc set documents an Anders Osborne show from November 17, 2006 at Tipitina's that offers a little bit of everything Osborne fans expect to hear at his performances—good songs, a happy, easygoing vibe and lots of terrific jamming from top notch players including guitarists John Fohl and Hiro Mano and harmonica wizard Andy J. Forest, as well as band members Tim Green on saxophone and Kirk Joseph on sousaphone...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
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