★★★★★
Somehow The White Stripes made it possible for this white kid duo's dense mixture of ragged, echoing guitar tones and trance drumming to reach the mainstream rock audience their mentor Junior Kimbrough never even bothered with. This Kimbrough tribute translates him further into the realms of rustification practiced by Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix.
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
Big man, big sound, big album. This is the big guy from New York's 15th album since his debut in 1995 (Booty And The Beast) and it is easily his most coherent and complete; anyone who loves Noooo Yaaawk Blooze should lap this up immediately...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
If this bald, copiously tattooed guitar hero from the Bronx didn't try so hard, he might communicate a fraction of the soul he so desperately wants people to know he has. Ted "Popa Chubby" Horowitz can jam, as he proves by blasting the amps with endless Chicago-style electric-guitar solos through White Boy's first three tracks...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
It's not obvious from listening to it, but Popa Chubby's Big Man Big Guitar is a compilation of two live albums that were previously only available in Europe: Live at FIP and Wild. The CD is the sister title to a DVD, too, and while the release may show every sign of being a souvenir of the video, or a thrown-together hodgepodge, it isn't at all...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Popa Chubby's major-label debut album is an inspiring set of energetic, gut-bucket blues-rock, filled with exceptional playing. Chubby has soul, even if he doesn't quite cut it as a songwriter; there aren't many songs that are inventive or memorable. But as an instrumental workout, Booty and the Beast is terrific. Using the blues as a basic foundation, Popa Chubby spins off into new directions, incorporating bits of rock and jazz to his forceful playing...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
The first of two deceptively similar looking discs of Popa Chubby churning out live Hendrix tunes (originally a double set on the Dixiefrog label before Blind Pig released them separately) recorded over a two-night stand in February 2006 features a sampling of Hendrix's biggest hits with more obscure material. Chubby plays with fire and enthusiasm and he's backed by a passable duo of bass and drums...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
The second of two deceptively similar looking discs of Popa Chubby churning out live Hendrix covers (originally a double set on the Dixiefrog label before Blind Pig released them separately) recorded over a two-night stand in February 2006 features a few of Hendrix's hits but generally sticks with his more obscure material. It also contains one Chubby original, a 16-minute instrumental, heavily inspired by Hendrix, titled "San Catri...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Against all odds, Popa Chubby has turned into a distinctive, strong modern bluesman. He's still saddled with that ridiculous name, which makes it hard to take him seriously, and he has a tendency to indulge in easy, vulgar jokes, but that's just part of who he is...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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