★★★★★
At its upbeat, organ-driven best, this second CD from Donavon Frankenreitercalls to mind the funkier work of Tim Buckley or the undervalued earlysolo albums of Stephen Stills. At other times, as on "By Your Side" and"Let It Go," he seems to be competing with friend and fellow formerprofessional surfer Jack Johnson to see how laid-back you can getwithout inducing comas...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Away from the impact zone, you might know pro-surfer Donavon Frankenreiter best for his hit song, Free, produced by Jack Johnson, or perhaps Lovely Day: not the Bill Withers song, but his contribution to the gloriously silly Snakes On A Plane. On Pass it Around, his third album, Frankenreiter continues to purvey his blend of easy grooves and laid-back philosophy. Frankenreiter's USP remains his singing voice; a rasping drawl that might be characterized as JJ Cale-lite...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2009-06-04
★★★★★
Somewhere, far away from the shuffle and hurry of our modern existence, there's a place where life is about taking it easy. Beers are cold, breezes are cool, the waves are always perfect, and shoes are most definitely optional. In recent decades, the soundtrack for that place was supplied by good-times rockers like Jimmy Buffett. Of late, the (tiki) torch has been handed off to a new generation of perpetually laid-back songsmiths, guys like Jack Johnson, G. Love, and Donavon Frankenreiter...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Donavon Frankenreiter stars in this surf movie I have on DVD about a group of young American surfers driving down the coast of Australia, surfing the beaches they find, and generally behaving like surfers on holiday. He's the group's larrikin: farting in the van, chopping up the water with his board, with a tin of beer seemingly glued to his hand. My question after hearing this singer-surfer's debut in 2004 was, "How did he get this mellow and romantic...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-20
★★★★★
Donavon Frankenreiter is a surfing buddy of Jack Johnson. He also makes music that surprisingly isn't too dissimilar to Johnson's. Add to that the fact that Johnson produces and plays a variety of instruments and sings on Frankenreiter's debut CD and you have a record that is tailor-made for fans of Jack Johnson...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Somewhere, far away from the shuffle and hurry of our modern existence, there's a place where life is about taking it easy. Beers are cold, breezes are cool, the waves are always perfect, and shoes are most definitely optional. In recent decades, the soundtrack for that place was supplied by good-times rockers like Jimmy Buffett. Of late, the (tiki) torch has been handed off to a new generation of perpetually laid-back songsmiths, guys like Jack Johnson, G. Love, and Donavon Frankenreiter...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-08-22
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