★★★★★
St Paul and the Broken Bones came out swinging last night (February 19) at the Rickshaw and didn't let up. As the Broken Bones took the stage to warm up for their fearless leader -- as is the case with any true soul band -- they sounded less like a smooth soul band and more like a dirty funk band, but once lead singer and all-around superstar Paul Janeway took the stage, the band settled into a night of good, smooth, heart-wrenching soul that the capacity crowd was aching for...
- exclaim.ca
2015-02-21
★★★★★
Deep heritage ... St Paul & the Broken Bones Buy it from Buy the CDDownload as MP3St. Paul & The Broken BonesHalf The CitySingle Lock Records2014 Tell us what you think: Rate and review this album ...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-05-09
★★★★★
"I'm torn up," enigmatic frontman Paul Janeway of Birmingham, Ala.-based sextet St. Paul and the Broken Bones sings on the album opener, with soulfully forceful might among rich and sharp instrumentation that includes a commanding horn section. The 12 songs on their debut album Half The City capture elements of Memphis soul, Muscle Shoals R&B; and even some Motown. The players do it in a way that's thrilling and never feels like a contrived tribute to the past...
- www.relix.com
2014-03-27
★★★★★
How to explain a guy that looks like Drew Carey and sounds like Otis Redding? As incongruous as his appearance may be, Paul Janeway takes the soul revival to an equally outrageous place with a voice that hovers between sexy sweet and flat-out dirty. Hailing from Alabama's suddenly exemplary music scene, the horn-fueled Broken Bones don't re-create one funky groove after another. They make them sound more like the truth than any band since the Seventies...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2014-03-13
★★★★★
Tweet The Greening of America Soul revivalism has been in full swing (ha!) for years now, a movement with sound ranging from the Daptone Records crew all the way through Cee-Lo Green and Janelle Monae's redolent updates. The newest entry in the field comes from this Birmingham, Alabama sextet, following up their Bandcamp EP Greetings from St. Paul & The Broken Bones with a formal physical debut, the sadly swaying Half the City. "St...
- www.mxdwn.com
2014-03-04
★★★★★
Brother, can I get an "amen"? Amen! That's the sentiment the listener gets after hearing Alabama based sextet St. Paul and the Broken Bones. Influenced by the church, specifically the black gospel tradition in addition to vintage soul, debut album Half the City is a legit soul LP in 2014. Soul and the year 2014 seem an unlikely pairing, particularly with the heavy reliance of electronic instruments and autotune, but the relationship proves to be one that's "Simply Beautiful" as Al Green would...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-02-27
★★★★★
Hold on.... Let me catch my breath because my heart rate is elevated. I've been running through a series of live YouTube videos for St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Holy shit. I can't get enough; once I watched every one I could find, I watched them all again. I know I review and urge you to check out a lot of bands, but bro, you NEED to check out St. Paul. Why should you listen to me now? Well, let me ask you a couple of questions I know right now you are screaming YES. YES. YES. Well.....maybe...
- www.syffal.com
2014-02-14
★★★★★
This Birmingham, AL band's debut full-length is an impressive set of '60s-inspired soul steeped in the deep sounds of Memphis and Muscle Shoals, featuring impeccably arranged songs and a tight, assured sound combining soaring horns, chunky guitar, steamy organ, in-the-pocket rhythms and Paul Janeway's powerful vocals reminiscent of Otis Redding, James Carr and early Al Green. 1/31/2014
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- kexp.org
2014-02-01
★★★★★
"Long overdue CD reissue of one of the seminal solo guitar albums -- in any genre -- ever recorded. Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete (Djalma de Andrade) settled on the West Coast in 1959. Throughout the '60s he toured widely with various jazz artists and recorded for such labels as Verve, ABC-Paramount, Fantasy and Columbia. In 1972 he recorded Ocean, a departure so far afield from anything else he'd ever done that Fantasy declined to issue it...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2009-03-21
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