★★★★★
Between Hurricanes That acoustic and moody opening sets the tone for a dark, introspective collection of songs, with Cold Dawn's tale of a helicopter crash in Newfoundland constantly referring back to 'the dark'. After the most delightful of piano openings - the trademark guitar sound kicks in - and the journey is sombre but beautiful. At times Fearing's vocal rests between Sting and Marc Cohn - and is at its sweetest on Wheel of Love, a soothing and tender ballad...
- www.music-news.com
2013-09-09
★★★★★
Canadian folk artist Stephen Fearing has a cachet of cool among those of a certain age. For one, earlier in his career, he famously covered the theme song (actually the traditional tune "Early One Morning") to the long-running and much cherished Canadian children's TV show, The Friendly Giant, which was the sort of thing that brought a tear to the eye of many kids of the '60s, '70s and '80s who grew up watching the program...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-04-20
★★★★★
Fearing's ongoing collaboration with kindred spirit Colin Linden brings an urban rockin'-on-the-road-less-travelled quality to Fearing fare that even solo-wise has earned Fearing fans...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-09
★★★★★
15 softly presented gems of Canada's best. Stephen Fearing is a founder member of Blackie & The Rodeo Kings and he has been one of the most sought after collaborators for what seems like the entire Canadian Americana scene. He has also taken time to release a number of beautifully crafted and heart-rending albums of personal stories and observations and this collection is a pretty fair reflection on his solo material...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
After recording two cassettes with the Fearing-Hunter-Wake Band and self-releasing one cassette-only album entitled Stephen Fearing, Fearing recorded and released Out to Sea in 1988 for Vancouver's Aural Tradition label. One of his best and most consistent albums to date, it was also the album that broke him out of the local Vancouver folk scene...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
This Canadian singer/songwriter boasts a strong pop-folk style that puts him in league with some of the best of James Taylor and Joan Armatrading. The songs on this album tend to be intensely personal, but feature a fine lyric sensibility that conjures some lasting images.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Recorded on two nights in April, 2000 at Toronto's Tranzac Club, this live document shows Canadian singer/songwriter Stephen Fearing at his best. An engaging performer and natural storyteller, he covers songs from throughout his career in addition to a sensitive performance of Neil Young's "Thrasher." A new song, "When My Baby Calls My Name," is mellow and jazzy, while elsewhere his guitar gets a workout ("Blind Indifference," "James Medley")...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
On his first record for Canadian independent label True North (his previous two have since been re-released by them), Fearing teamed with Los Lobos' Steve Berlin as his producer. The result was a more polished work than his previous and the musicianship throughout is excellent. Contributions from Richard Thompson and Sarah McLachlan augment Fearing's skilled acoustic guitar playing, which is highlighted on the instrumentals "Lark and Duke" and "Martin's" (dedicated to guitarist Martin Carthy)...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Two decades into a solid but low-key career, rootsy Canadian folk-rocker Stephen Fearing is as unfashionable as ever, and it seems he wouldn't have it any other way. Yellowjacket is Fearing's eighth solo album, and a return to stripped-down self-production after a slow and gradual creep toward a more polished AAA-radio sound. Crisp and uncluttered, the sound of Yellowjacket recalls that of a classic Richard Thompson album minus the guitar heroics...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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