★★★★★
About a month ago, American Songwriter gave a rave review to Songs, the sophomore album from Oklahoma troubadour, John Fullbright. In the review, Lynne Margolis wrote that Songs had the potential to become a classic along the lines of Neil Young's After the Gold Rush and Joni Mitchell's Blue, both albums that are viewed today as the seminal works of almost universally respected singer/songwriters...
- absolutepunk.net
2014-07-09
★★★★★
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Record Label: Bluedirt Records
About a month ago, American Songwriter gave a rave review to Songs, the sophomore album from Oklahoma troubadour, John Fullbright...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2014-07-09
★★★★★
: not quite a sophomore slump, not quite a triumph. Following up 2012's Grammy-nominated studio debut
- www.austinchronicle.com
2014-06-19
★★★★★
Marked a new voice in Americana music following his Grammy-nominated From the Ground Up, John Fullbright has streamlined his approach on his latest album, Songs. Taking a sharp turn from the front porch roots of his debut, Fullbright draws his focus on love and lyrics, leaving both bare for inspection on this personal collection of songs...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-05-30
★★★★★
John FullbrightSongs (Blue Dirt/Thirty Tigers) 4.5 stars Neil Young was 24 when he released After the Gold Rush. Joni Mitchell recorded Blue at 27. Years from now, after it stands the test of time, John Fullbright's Songs could take its place in that same pantheon of hallowed musical masterpieces. This is not irrational hyperbole spewing from a fangirl's fingertips. It's acknowledgement of a stunning achievement by a rare talent...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2014-05-31
★★★★★
Neil Young was 24 when he released After the Gold Rush. Joni Mitchell recorded Blue at 27. Years from now, after it stands the test of time, John Fullbright's Songs could take its place in that same pantheon of hallowed musical masterpieces. This is not irrational hyperbole spewing from a fangirl's fingertips. It's acknowledgement of a stunning achievement by a rare talent. Fullbright, who turned 26 on April 23, earned a Grammy nomination for his first album, From The Ground Up...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2014-05-29
★★★★★
At just 26 years old, John Fullbright already has the weary, well-travelled voice of a man twice his age. An Americana wunderkind, Fullbright's 2012 debut studio record was album of the year for many fans of roots music. That little Kickstarter-funded album by an unknown kid on a homespun Oklahoma label even, astoundingly, earned him a Grammy nomination alongside the likes of Mumford and Sons and Bonnie Raitt...
- exclaim.ca
2014-06-18
★★★★★
One needn't be a Fulbright Scholar to recognize that this first album from 23-year-old John Fullbright, an Oklahoma singer-songwriter whose hometown happens to be the same as Woody Guthrie's (Okemah), marks him as a bright and versatile talent in Americana music. He avoids the pitfall that ensnares so many promising newcomers in this genre - however good their songwriting, they become monotonous because their rugged voices and bluesy country-rock electric-guitar arrangements (or forcefully...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
John Fullbright's hardly the first songwriter to take God to task. XTC perhaps take the crown for the catchiest takedown with "Dear God" ("the wars you bring, the babes you drown / Those lost at sea and never found"), while Randy Newman brings his trademark jaundiced eye to "God's Song" ("How we laugh up here in heaven at the prayers you offer me / That's why I love mankind")...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-01-07