★★★★★
Kitchen Table The blue-eyed soul journeyman has kicked around quietly for two decades, but a recent TV licensing push has positioned Martin Sexton for a break-out moment. "What crazy stunts will I pull just to see the other side?" he sings on the twangy title-track. As it turns out, nothing too fancy--on this short-but-sweet palate cleanser, Sexton continues down that well-tread dusty road...
- www.relix.com
2012-02-09
★★★★★
Martin Sexton used to have a voice like an angel's. But with more birthdays under his belt, he's also developed a warmer, earthier tone. As his new EP, Fall Like Rain, conveys, he's still got one of the prettiest, most soulful voices on the planet. It's just a little more coffee-with-rich-cream than fluffy white clouds. Yet he easily manages to reach those clouds with his effortless falsetto, as he does in the title song...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2012-01-30
★★★★★
It really is about time that someone wrote a song about 9/11 that doesn't either gush with patriotic bullishness or bemoan the fate of the poor locals in Afghanistan and Iraq and Mr Sexton has come up with a cracker. Your are hearing a a good ol' country story/song with a wistful pedal-steel and 'Western' style backing vocals ? think 'Rawhide'...
- www.music-news.com
2011-01-31
★★★★★
Martin Sexton has a gift of a voice, one-note-and-you-know-it's-him pipes. This is a smashing plus for a pop artist or singer-songwriter, and combining this asset with great songs is a one-two punch. On Sexton's best work--1996's Black Sheep and 2000's Wonder Bar, for example--these strengths made for lights-out American music. Seeds came out in 2007, and it was an improvement...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-06-10
★★★★★
Performers herded into the singer-songwriter corral typically have their writing skills scrutinized more closely than their singing abilities. But with Martin Sexton, the singing is as crucial as the writing in terms of captivating an audience. A fine writer, Sexton has wild and beguiling vocal prowess, which he infuses with great imagination. Those qualities taken together make Sexton an adept style hopper...
- www.boston.com
2010-04-15
★★★★★
Longtime fans of Martin Sexton know that the multitalented troubadour is an unflinchingly captivating and accomplished live performer. That's what makes his latest recording, Live Wide Open, a welcome addition to his catalog of previous albums, which at times seemed like they were struggling to transcend studio confinements, never fully showcasing Sexton's lithe energy. Freed from big-label incarceration, Sexton releases this double-CD set on his own Kitchen Table Records...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Growing up in Syracuse, NY in the '70s Martin Sexton's musical tastes were shaped by listening to AM radio where he heard the likes of Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder alongside The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Sexton is blessed with a voice that most singers dream of and his music echoes that AM radio vibe, blurring the lines between folk, rock, soul, and blues...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-22
★★★★★
Growing up in Syracuse, NY in the '70s Martin Sexton's musical tastes were shaped by listening to AM radio where he heard the likes of Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder alongside The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Sexton is blessed with a voice that most singers dream of and his music echoes that AM radio vibe, blurring the lines between folk, rock, soul, and blues...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
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